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
Example Sentences
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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
Three of them could henceforth be considered only as significative of the forms in which all matter exists.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig
They have likewise a great many significative compositions in their verses.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
These sculptures of St. Zeno are, however, quite quiet and tame compared with those of St. Michele of Pavia, which are designed also in a somewhat gloomier mood; significative, as I think, of indigestion.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
Hence the possible number of words is extremely small, and the number of significative sounds in the Chinese language is said to be no more than 450.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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