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Webster 1913 Edition

Significancy

{

Sig-nif′i-cance

,

Sig-nif′i-can-cy

, }
Noun.
[L.
significantia
.]
1.
The quality or state of being significant.
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
.
3.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give
significancy
and value to the few facts which I possess.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Significancy

SIGNIF'ICANCE

, SIGNIF'ICANCY,
Noun.
[L. significans. See Signify.]
1.
Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
2.
Force; energy; power of impressing the mind; as a duty enjoined with particular significance.
3.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence. Many a circumstance of less significancy has been construed into an event act of high treason.

Definition 2024

significancy

significancy

English

Noun

significancy ‎(plural significancies)

  1. (dated) significance
    • De Quincey
      With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.

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