significative
Americanadjective
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(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
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another word for significant
Other Word Forms
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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Other nations were willing to spend vast sums of money on these shows, but in Italy alone do we find an artistic method of treatment which arranged the processions as a harmonious and significative whole.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
From The Allen House by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
This quarrel between Mérode and Goyon is significative.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
Insignif′icātive, not significative or expressing by external signs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Beside the very significative absence of real violence, the persistent effort you made to hide facts accuses you.
From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil
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