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Show S§I S1 Signs muft refemble the things they fignif'};. Lioorer Signs for communication may be contrived fro any variety of objects of one kind appertaining t either fenfe Holder "To exprefs the paflions which are feated in th "heart by outward figns, is one great precept of th painters, and very ditficult to perform Dryden's Dufirefnoy When any one ufes any term, he may have i his mind a determined idea which he makes i the fign of, and to which he fhould keep it fteadily annexed. Locke Si'cwav He wa SieNa'LrTy. #. [ [from fignal.] Qualit of fomething remarkable or memorable Of the ways whereb mine Many, who have endeavoured to fignalize themfelves by works of this nature, plainly difcove that they are not acquainted with arts and fciences Addifon Some one eminent fpirit, having Srgnalized hi where he did dwel promis'd the wine the very fign Donne paltry Sign Shaksfpeare's Henry V1 and vifible fign of an inward an Common Prayer The fire devoured two hundre and they became a fign an fifty men Num. xxvi. 10 5. A conftellation in the zodiack There fay until the twelve celeftial fign Have brought about their annual reckoning. Shak Now did the fign reign, and the conftellatio was come, under which Perkin fhould appear Bacon's Henry VII Afterev'ry foe fubdued, the fu ®hrice through the /igns his annual race fhal run Dryden valour and fortune in defence of his country, or b popular arts at home, becomes to have greatin fluence on the people 7+ Mark of diftinétion; cognizance The enfign of Mefliah blaz'd Aloft by angels borne, his fign in heaven 8. Typical reprefentation; fymbol Perfons fignally and eminently obliged, yet mifling of the utmoft of their greedy defigns in fwallowing both gifts and giver too, inftead of thank for received kindneffes, have betook themfelves t barbarous threatenings South SigNa'rioN. # /. [from figno, Latin. Sign' given ; -a& of betokening A horiethoe Baptifta Porta hath thought too lo a fignation, he raifed unto a lunary reprefentation Th &. To mark Is cramm'd with arrogancy 2. [ figner, French. or feal T Shakefp. Henry VIII ratify by han SYGNAL And, by the bright track of his fi ry car Gives fignal of a goodly day to-mo row Shakefpeare's Richard 111 Scarce the dawning day began t fpring Asyata fignal giving the Rreets wit clamours ring Dryden a ric indelible Jignatur of God More againft Atbeifm Hudibras Herbs are defcribed by marks and Sgnatures f far as to diftinguifh them from one another Baker on Learning 3+ Proof drawn from marks The moft defpicable pieces of decayed n ture ar Spanith,] Notice given by a fign; fign that gives notice :4 "The weary fun hath made 2 golden fe an Seek out for plants and fignatures To quack of univerfal cures Taylor 7. J- [ fignal, French; Sennale natura natare and ufe 3. To betoken ; to fignify; to reprefen typically themfelves do fign hav Some plants bear a very evident fignature of the Diyden's Cleomenes of a fecret myftery, they receive the names o wha wil All bodies work by the communication of thei nature, or by the impreflion and fignatures of thei motions : the diffufion of fpecies vifible feemet to participate more of the former, and the fpeci audible of the latter Bacon's Natural Hiftory but your hear The facraments and fymbols are juft fuc a they feem ; but becaufe they are made to be fi n and images with variou z. A mark upon any matter, particularl upon plants, by which their nature o medicinal ufe is pointed out Be pleas'd to fign thefe papers : they ar al O great concern' well furnithe an which human fouls, in their firit origin; are fuppofed to be ftampt with, we have no need of i difputes againft atheifm Bentley Vulgar parents cannot ffamp their rac With fignatures of fuch majeftick grace Pope's Ody[fey You fign your place and callin in full feeming With meeknefs and humility bein upo treafure always ready to be offered to the foul Watts Milton @. a. [ /igno, Lat. brai traces, fignatures delivered to us as the fymbols themfelves 90 S1GN Lat. 1. A fign or mark imprefle thing; a ftamp; a mark Tha 9. A fubfcription of one's name : as, a_fig manual . i [ fignature, Fr. Sgna tura, from ffgno Luke Brerewvood. Brown SU'GNATURE The holy fymbols or Jfigns are not barely fi nificative; but what they reprefent is as ce tainl Saift Si'eNaLLY. adv. [from fignal.] Eminently5 remarkably; memorably %. Note or token given without words They made figns to his father natural, arifin make eminent ; to make remarkable A monument ; a memorial An outwar fpiritual grace the firft wa To S1"6NALIZE. w. a. [ fignaler, Fr.] iT True forrow 's like to wine 4 its Signality they enquired and deter from phyfical caufes Brown It feems a fignality in providence, in cre&in your fociety in {uch a junéture of dangerous humours Glanwille tell That which is good does never need a fign Suckling Wit and fancy are not employed in any on article fo much as that of contriving figns to han over houfés Sawift efteemed more by the parliament, fo men to walk on it, is a very fignal accident Saift 1 found my mifs, fruck hands, and pray'd hi ‘To hold acquaintance ftill He barely nam'd the ftreet But his kind wife gave m Underneath an alehoufe Emi the fignal atts of cruelty committed upon th Irifh Clarendon The Thames frozen twice in one year, fo a If they will not hearken to-the voice of the firf fgn, they will not believe the latter fign, Ex.iv. 8 Compell'd by figns and judgments dire. Milon what is fold within [fignal, French. nent ; memorable ; remarkable 2. A wonder; a miracle ; a prodigy 3. A pitture hung at a door to give notic adj curioufly wrought with eminent Signature o divine wifdom. Glanville Some rely ‘on_certain marks and Signature o their e etion, and others on their belongin t fome particular churchor fec Rogers Hivered, drawing unto infer nce. feeelve tions SUGNER, ./, [from/z'gn. St'GNET, 2. /. [ fignet e, Fr monl | ufed for the feal]mj: ‘n:::?%‘' king Ive been bol To them to ufe your Signet a d youy name Skaky peare':»?'im Here is the hand and. feq | f the duke: Y know the chataer, T doubt n0t and the g Shakefpeare's Meafure for Give thy fignet, bracelets, and ftaf ofire & Gfl_l. XXX I8 He delivered him his private fignet Proof of my life my royal fignet made, KDwfl: . b P The imprefiion of a fignet ring. B Dy SiGNI‘FICANCE SxGNI'FICANCY.}"‘f' [fromfigmfi.g,f 1. Power of fignifying ; meaning Speaking is a fenfible expreffion of th notion of the mind b difcriminations of utterance 0{ voice, ufed as figns, having by confen feveral determinate fignificancies He If he declares he intends it for the hono another, he takes away by his words the figflifim of his a&ion till i n 2. Force the mind energy powe of imprelfir‘_ The clearnefs of conception and expreffion, th boldnefs maintained to majefty, the Significancy an found of words, not ftrained into bombaft, muf efcape our tranfient view upon the theatre. Dryd As far'as this duty will admit of privacy, ou Saviour hath enjoined it in terms of particulafig #ificancy and force Anterbary I have been admiring the wondexful fignificancy of that word perfecution, and what various inter= Swifts pretations it hath acquired 3. Importance ; moment ; confequence many a circumftance of lefs fignificancy has been conftrued into an overt a& of high treafon Addifrn SIGNI'FICANT adj. [ fignifiant, Br. fig nificans, Lat. 1. Expreflive of fomething beyond the ¢xternal mark Since you are tongue-tied, and fo ioth ;o fpeak In dum fignificant 2. Betokening {fomething proclaim your thoughts. = Shakefpeare's Henry V1 flandin as a fign _O It was well faid of Plotinus, that the ftars WC; Significant, but not efficient Raleigh 3. Expreflive or reprefentativein an emi nent degree ; forcible to imprefs'th intended meaning Whereas it may be objected, that to add to gious duties fuch rites and ceremonies as are fig Jicant, is to inftitute new facraments Hf"'f" N Common life is full of this .kind of Jigrific expreflions by knocking beckoning frowning i and pointing; and dumb perfons are fag"w"sb" the ufe of them Holder on SP‘-‘:h The Romans joined both devices, to make emblem the more fignificant 5 asy mdec%, i could not too much extol the learning 3"‘4‘{3}". tary virtues of this emperor 4. Important ; momentous. A low word]S1GNIFICANTLY. adv. [ from fignificant With force of expreflion Chriftianity is know in f.clepturedl;y n:f':‘l‘}" fo_fignificantly as by the fimplicity o the g gm [Among printers.] Some letter or figur to diftinguifh different fheets M. /i [ fgnifications Fr | SxoN1r1ca'TION SI'GNATURIST Jignificatio, Lat. from Jignify.] n. /. [ from fignature, making known by .lg'fla; o ac One who holds the do&rine o Th 1 fignaA lcefi m‘!u o cie a'fp rl prop i ly tures A'word little ufed w'orfig'fli nkg perf tha o righ th o tio piol Signaturifts {eldom omi what the ancients de --CQ ' How fatal would fuch a diftinétion have prove in former reigns, whe L falfe fpeech is directed; for all fpealing, A |