{ } n. [ L. significantia. ] 1. The quality or state of being significant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify. ] 1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known something having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25, 000, or of .0025, are 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a significant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. significatus, p. p. of significare. See Signify. ] (Logic) One of several things signified by a common term. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. signification, L. significatio. ] 1. The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means. [ 1913 Webster ]

A signification of being pleased. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. significativus: cf. F. significatif. ] 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign. [ 1913 Webster ]

The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative. Brerewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. significateur. ] One who, or that which, signifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. significatorius. ] Significant. -- n. That which is significatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare to signify. ] (Eng. Eccl. Law) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]