significative
Americanadjective
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(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
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another word for significant
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Etymology
Origin of significative
1350–1400; Middle English (< Old French significatif, significative ) < Late Latin significātīvus denoting, equivalent to Latin significāt ( us ) (past participle of significāre to make a sign; see signify, -ate 1) + -īvus -ive
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These ceremonies used in the cleansing of a leper, were mysterious and very significative.
From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision by
The "Alpha" and "Omega" of Revelation contain profound evolutionary truths, significative of spirit and of matter, or God unmanifested and manifested.
From The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
From The Allen House by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
"I have it from very good authority," replied Cloten, with a significative wink of the eye towards that part of the room where Emily was standing in conversation with Helen.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
According to the Maya, their name is significative of these facts, since Kat or Katah is a verb that means to place impediments on the road, to come forth and obstruct the passage.
From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Augustus Le Plongeon
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