signify

Definition

To create a sign out of something.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin significare.

Example Sentences

• "I’ll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign’d my charge to you."
• "For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him."
• "In my humble Opinion, it would be no unseasonable Condescension, if the Government would Graciously please to signify to the pour loyal Protestant Subjects of Ireland, either that this miserable Want of Silver, is not possible to be remedy’d in any Degree […] or else, that it doth not stand with the good Pleasure of England, to suffer any Silver at all among us."