significative

[sig-nif-i-key-tiv]

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adjective

serving to signify.
significant; suggestive.

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, -ate¹) + -īvus -ive

Related formssig·nif·i·ca·tive·ly, adverbsig·nif·i·ca·tive·ness, nounnon·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjectiveun·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective

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He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
The Allen House
T. S. Arthur
None agree, however, as to the significative meaning of the name Asshur.
Vestiges of the Mayas
Augustus Le Plongeon
They used the words simply as proper names, without regarding them as significative.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon
George Rawlinson
Now the whole Chinese language consists in reality of about four hundred words, or significative sounds, all monosyllabic.
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Friedrich Max Mller
On the night of the 8th September, Egmont received another most significative and mysterious warning.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74
John Lothrop Motley

British Dictionary definitions for significative

significative

adjective

(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
another word for significant

Derived Formssignificatively, adverbsignificativeness, noun

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Historical Examples

He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.

None agree, however, as to the significative meaning of the name Asshur.

They used the words simply as proper names, without regarding them as significative.

Now the whole Chinese language consists in reality of about four hundred words, or significative sounds, all monosyllabic.

On the night of the 8th September, Egmont received another most significative and mysterious warning.

significative

Origin of significative