† signancen.

Forms: late Middle English sygnance, 1600s signance.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: sign v.¹, -ance suffix; Latin signantia.

Etymology: Either < sign v.¹ + -ance suffix, or < post-classical Latin signantia signification, meaning (5th cent.; 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin signant- , signāns , present participle of signāre sign v.¹ + -ia -ia suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Indication; = sign n. 9a.

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society > communication > indication > [noun]

tokeningc888

betokeningc1175

signifyinga1382

signancec1450

denotation?1533

indication1626

marking1904

c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) l. 1074 A glofe to his pensalle he hase, In Sygnance of his were.

2. The use of a sign or symbol.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > symbolic writing

jargon1594

signance1610

symbolics1657

symbolization1842

symbolism1864

symbolography1865

sematography1901

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vi. 57 The Kalender or Index serues for a Directory to expedite the intimation of particulars with signance of due Characters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	signance
释义	† signancen. Forms: late Middle English sygnance, 1600s signance. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: sign v.¹, -ance suffix; Latin signantia. Etymology: Either < sign v.¹ + -ance suffix, or < post-classical Latin signantia signification, meaning (5th cent.; 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin signant- , signāns , present participle of signāre sign v.¹ + -ia -ia suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. 1. Indication; = sign n. 9a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] tokeningc888 betokeningc1175 signifyinga1382 signancec1450 denotation?1533 indication1626 marking1904 c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) l. 1074 A glofe to his pensalle he hase, In Sygnance of his were. 2. The use of a sign or symbol. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > symbolic writing jargon1594 signance1610 symbolics1657 symbolization1842 symbolism1864 symbolography1865 sematography1901 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vi. 57 The Kalender or Index serues for a Directory to expedite the intimation of particulars with signance of due Characters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1450
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