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Definition of Significs
1. Noun. (obsolete) A proposed linguistic science based on the use of the exact significance of terms and concepts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Significs
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Significs
Literary usage of Significs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Meaning?: Studies in the Development of Significance by Victoria Welby (1903)
"... supply ample witness, both conscious and unconscious, to the need for a special
study of meaning which might be called significs, as It should be noted ..."
2. An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to by Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1811)
"It is yet used in the same sense among the English, who say, lull usleep, which
significs to sing any one into a slumber with a sweet indistinct voice. ..."
3. The Excise Officer's Manual: Being a Practical Introduction to the Business by Joseph Bateman (1852)
"... many such parts are in the fraction spoken of: thus, the fraction Pfl, significs
nine parts out of ten into which the unit is supposed to be divided. ..."
4. The historical landmarks and other evidences of freemasonry, explained, a by George Oliver (1846)
"life and salvation; and being, in a higher degree, tripled amongst ourselves,33
significs the Tetragram- maton, or Him who made the worlds, even the author ..."
5. 1905 Supplement to the Codes of California: Embracing the Amendments to the by California, James Henry Deering (1905)
"The word "bribe" significs anything of value or advantage, ... The word "magistrate"
significs any one of the officers mentioned in section eight hundred ..."
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