signifié

[ see-nyee-fyey ]

/ si nyiˈfyeɪ /

(in linguistics) the signified.

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Straunge, this is, to heare of: but more meruailous to behold, then these my wordes can signifie.
The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara|John Dee
Mitra did signifie a certaine attire for women's heads, as a coife or such like.
Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851|Various
They, not knowing what it might signifie, having consulted of this accident, they resolved to cast this dogge into the hole.
Thalaba the Destroyer|Robert Southey
The King craued respite, affirming that he would aduise with his Counsaile, and then signifie to the Pope what he should resolue.
The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First|John Hayward

Gregory says the ceremony was intended to "signifie the resurrection of the body."
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore|Charles Hardwick