† signifiancen.

Forms: Middle English signefiance, Middle English signefiaunce, Middle English signefyaunce, Middle English signiffiaunce, Middle English signifiaunce, Middle English signifiauns, Middle English signifyaunce, Middle English signyffyaunce, Middle English signyfiance, Middle English signyfiaunce, Middle English sygnefyaunce, Middle English syngnefiaunce, Middle English–1500s sygnyfyaunce, Middle English–1600s signifiance, Middle English syngnefyaunce; Scottish pre-1700 signifiance, pre-1700 signifiaunce, pre-1700 signifyaunce.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French signifiance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman signefiaunce, signifiaunce, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French signefiance, signifiance (French signifiance , now archaic or literary except as a technical term in semiotics) meaning (c1100, originally as senefiance ), figure, symbol, sign, portent, foreshadowing (all second half of the 12th cent.) < signefier , signifier signify v. + -ance -ance suffix. Compare later significance n.

Obsolete.

Significance, meaning; interpretation; augury, foreshadowing. Also: a sign or expression.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > [noun]

signifiancec1275

wita1340

understanding1340

significancea1400

interpretationc1400

sentence1402

signification?a1425

comprehensec1470

knowledging1532

meaning1600

conceit1607

significancy1618

signality1646

significativeness1652

valor1676

amount1678

significature1822

c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 216 (MED) Nu ye habbet iherd þo signefiance of þo offringes þet maden þo þrie kinges of heþenesse to gode.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2958 Of ȝour riȝt arm þat ouer rome streyt I se wel þe signifiaunce..schal þer-of falle.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8129 Þe white dragoun es signefiance [a1450 Lamb. syngnefiaunce] þat þei salle take of þe vengeance.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 362 A straw for alle sweuenes signifiaunce.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lv. 80 Here may the synnar take faire signyffyaunce or ensample.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 135 A signyfiance and a tokyne of connynge and vndyrstondynge.

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines To Rdr. sig. Aij Of his woords and speach who did misdeeme, Or sought not rather their signifiance.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 802/2 (contents) The signifiance of starres: how commeth winter and summer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	signifiance
释义	† signifiancen. Forms: Middle English signefiance, Middle English signefiaunce, Middle English signefyaunce, Middle English signiffiaunce, Middle English signifiaunce, Middle English signifiauns, Middle English signifyaunce, Middle English signyffyaunce, Middle English signyfiance, Middle English signyfiaunce, Middle English sygnefyaunce, Middle English syngnefiaunce, Middle English–1500s sygnyfyaunce, Middle English–1600s signifiance, Middle English syngnefyaunce; Scottish pre-1700 signifiance, pre-1700 signifiaunce, pre-1700 signifyaunce. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French signifiance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman signefiaunce, signifiaunce, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French signefiance, signifiance (French signifiance , now archaic or literary except as a technical term in semiotics) meaning (c1100, originally as senefiance ), figure, symbol, sign, portent, foreshadowing (all second half of the 12th cent.) < signefier , signifier signify v. + -ance -ance suffix. Compare later significance n. Obsolete. Significance, meaning; interpretation; augury, foreshadowing. Also: a sign or expression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > [noun] signifiancec1275 wita1340 understanding1340 significancea1400 interpretationc1400 sentence1402 signification?a1425 comprehensec1470 knowledging1532 meaning1600 conceit1607 significancy1618 signality1646 significativeness1652 valor1676 amount1678 significature1822 c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 216 (MED) Nu ye habbet iherd þo signefiance of þo offringes þet maden þo þrie kinges of heþenesse to gode. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2958 Of ȝour riȝt arm þat ouer rome streyt I se wel þe signifiaunce..schal þer-of falle. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8129 Þe white dragoun es signefiance [a1450 Lamb. syngnefiaunce] þat þei salle take of þe vengeance. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 362 A straw for alle sweuenes signifiaunce. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lv. 80 Here may the synnar take faire signyffyaunce or ensample. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 135 A signyfiance and a tokyne of connynge and vndyrstondynge. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines To Rdr. sig. Aij Of his woords and speach who did misdeeme, Or sought not rather their signifiance. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 802/2 (contents) The signifiance of starres: how commeth winter and summer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1275
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