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sig·ni·fied

 (sĭg′nə-fīd′)
n. Linguistics
The concept that a signifier denotes.
[Translation of French signifié, past participle of signifier, to signify.]

signified

(ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd)
n
(Linguistics) linguistics the meaning expressed by a sign rather than the physical form it is expressed in

sig•ni•fied

(ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪd)

n.
Ling. the concept denoted by a signifier.
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Noun1.signified - the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified"
sense
meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
word meaning, word sense, acceptation - the accepted meaning of a word
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Thus the Iliad is one by the linking together of parts, the definition of man by the unity of the thing signified.]
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After these preparations he signified that the two men should be brought before him, and greeted them with this salutation: "What sort of a king do I seem to you to be, O strangers?' The Lying Traveler replied, "You seem to me a most mighty king." "And what is your estimate of those you see around me?' "These," he made answer, "are worthy companions of yourself, fit at least to be ambassadors and leaders of armies." The Ape and all his court, gratified with the lie, commanded that a handsome present be given to the flatterer.
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He signified, further, that it was customary for great chiefs when they met, to make each other presents.
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For all that any man may gainsay, the ketch Arangi, trader and blackbirder in the Solomon Islands, may have signified in Jerry's mind as much the mysterious boat that traffics between the two worlds, as, at one time, the boat that Charon sculled across the Styx signified to the human mind.
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The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
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I should have proposed that he give me some explanation; but he put a finger to his lips, which evidently signified that he had not only determined not to speak, but also enjoined silence on my part.
He said only, "Ah!"--a word which, in his mouth, signified many things.
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The first rains in the month of May always signified something almost spiritual in nature.
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For Sansa, the loss of Lady signified the death of her innocence and her beginning to become a Southerner.
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Remaining as an eternal signifier within the story's universe, Tulsu corresponds to an empty locus, thereby problematizing the Platonic assumption of signified in signification process.
Lost in the freeplay of signifiers: a Derridean analysis of "Loving Tulsu" by Aziz Nesin
Interestingly, for Cranmer, this must itself imply the actual absence of that which is signified, otherwise the sacrament would not be signifying, but would be the thing itself.
Signs of God's Promise: Thomas Cranmer's Sacramental Theology and the Book of Common Prayer
If these buildings signified new firms coming into the area, and new jobs, many - myself included - would probably say: "OK, fair enough".
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