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Show ST o IT gation of one's mind, implies an ac or addrefs o St'aw10RY South man to another An adjective requireth another word to be join Throug 4| od with him, to thew bis fignification Accidence . Brut animals make divers motions to hav "y cherith to call, warn feveral fignifications an Guain'd thofe high honours, princely figniories 2. It is ufed by Shakefpeare for {eniority catiwe, but what by divine inftitution they repreke ! fent and teftify unto our fouls, is truly and cerBrereavood " ainly delivered unto us St'anrost. n [ [ fign and pof. upon which a fign hangs Neither in the degrees of kindred they were de . flitute of fignificative words; for whom we cal " grandfather, they called ealdfader; whom we cal . great-grandfather, they called thirdafader Camden's Remains by the commonnefs {o SUGNIFY. @. a. [ fignifier, Fr. fignioy Jic0y Liat. or fign fometimes fimply to declare Stephano, fignif ~ Within the houfe your miftref(s is at hand. Shak The maid from that ill omen turn'd her eyes . Nor knew what fignified the boding fign . But found the pow'rs difpleas'd Unto me men gav lence at my counfel Dryden Firft to himfelf he inward filence broke. Milton Speech fubmififively withdraw From rights of fubjects, and the poor man's caufe Then pompous filence reigns, and fills the noif Burnet's Theory of the Earth b To mean ; to exprefs Life °s but a walking thadow; a poor player clean.sh data import.tsv out README And then is heard no more ! It is a tal clean.sh data import.tsv out README Told by an ideot, full of found and fury I think th By feripture, antiquity, and all ecclefiaftica writers, it is conftantly appropriated to Saturday ufed to fignify the Lord's day none but parrots 3P1'Ef€flfi el 0 41y Tillotfon 9 3 Locke fent ang JSignified i by his angel unto John i m:fl%‘,, Reawii 1 € government fhould JSignify to the proteftant and, that want of filver is not to be remedied r.4f" S}'GNIFY Swift with force n Saift 'To exprefs meanin If the wor s be but comely and Sfignifying, an ¢ fenfe gentle, there is juice; but where tha W teth, th elanguag is thin Ben Jonfon He woul me chide thee, if not hate thee. Shak hav mad pleaders, an the mules, filenc'd thei Difpropertied their freedoms Shakefpeare The ambaflador is flenc'd. Shakefp. Henry VIII Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the ifl From her propriety Shakefpeare's Othello This pafled as an oracle, and filenced thofe tha moved the queftion Bacon's Henry VII Thus could not the mouths of worthy martyr be fi/enced, whobeing expofed unto wolves, gave lou expreflions of their faithy and were heard as high a heaven ban-dog Shake[peare And filent as the moon When fbt deferts the night Hid in Der vacant interlunar cave Milton 5. Not mentioning This new created world, whereof in hel Fame is not filent Milton When with one three nations join to fight They filently confefs that one more brave. Dryden For me they beg ; each filentl Demands thy grace, and feems to watch thy eye Drydess 2. ‘Without noife You to acertain vitory areled Your men all arm'd ftand filently within 3. Without mention Brown Dryden. The difficulties remain fill, till he can tho who is meant by right heir, in all thofe cafes where the prefent pofieflor hath no fon: this he filentl pafies over We muft fuggeft the people, that to's pow' an Second and inftrumental caufes, together with natureitfelf, without that operative faculty which Go gave them, would become filent, virtuelefs, and dead. Raleigh's Hiftory The fun to me is dark re 7% S'LENCE. @. a. [from the noun. 1. To oblige to hold peace ; to forbid t {peak aling laws, if the perfon who adminifters hat T Shall mak lfa'fig?l{'fie: the people's confent in making an e king, and fignify to hi That thus I have_refign'c'igtoj};ou my charge Shakefp Richar I11 H authoritativ Sir, have pity; I'll be his furety, ~-Silence! one word mor to th f i 2;4" ,l;"l)l :gégfekknown s to declare A cry 4. Wanting efficacy. I think an Hebraifm {traint of {peech 'w:: Eile firtft of thefe fail, the power of Adam Prefent focietie inihe world.fg #nterj fcreech-owl Now is the pleafant time The cool, the filent, fave where filence yield To the night-warbling bird Milton And what moft merits fame in fence hide Milton S1'LENCE whe howl Rofcommon Thus fame fhall be achiev'd o o 1€10Us humour of men, that governors have tim SYLENTLY. adv. [from filent. 1. Without {peech For ftrength from truth divided, and from juft Illaudable, nought merits but difpraif Andignominy; yet to glory afpires Vain-glorious, and through infamy feeks fam ‘Therefore eternal fi/ence be their doom Milton e to men of fober reafon, yet unhappily hits th nothin Th Namelefs in dark oblivion let them dwell He hath one way more, which, although it fignif fionif Deep night, dark night, the fi/ent of the night The time of night when Troy was fet on fire 5. Not mention ; oblivion ; obfcurity L' Eftrange great, wil 3. Still ; having no noife Shakefpeare Of facred filence, reft's eternal feat the llavifh attendances that go along with it It never f i Hail, happy groves ! calm and fecure retrea Taylor Wb"ffigflijie: the fplendourof courts, confiderin to impofe commendabl 3. Secrecy 4. Stilnefs; not noife Nelfon Though he that fins frequently, and repents frequently, gives reafon to believe his repentance before God JSignify notbing, yet that is nothing t " grace of wit will thortly tur into filence; and difcourfe gro 3. Toimport; to weigh. This is feldo ufed but interrogatively, what fignifies ? o orwith much, little, or nothing bef Milton Ulyfles, adds he, was the moft eloquent and mof Silent of men ; he knew that a word fpoken neve wrought fo much good as a word concealed. Broome 2. Habitual taciturnity ; not loquacity Shake[peare's Macbet the day of the Jews Sabbath, and but of late year e 2. Not talkative; not loquacious laws Pope Here all their rage and ev'n their murmurs ceafe And facred filence reigns, and univerfal peace. Pope " That ftruts and frets his hour upon the ftage Signifying nothing Confounded, long they fat as #ricken mute nor to ufurp au 1 Timothy, ii. 12 " names; as the night, Tartarus, and Oceanus Silenty and in fac thority over the man, butto be in fience Thofe parts of nature, into which the chao . was divided, they fiznified by dark and obfcur [ filens, Lat. O my God, I cry in the day time, and in thenight feafon I am not fi/ent Pfalm xxii. 2 ear, and waited and kept fiFob, xxix. 21 I fuffer not a woman to teach adj 1. Not fpeaking; mute Dryden SI'kER. adj. and adv. The old word fo Jure, or furely Spenfer SI'KERNESS. 7 /. [from fker.] Surenefs fafety SULENCE. . [ [ filence, Fr. filentium, Lat. 1. The ftate of holding peace ; forbearance of {peech Taylor *""\ To declare by fome toke A reverend horror filenc'd all the {ky. Pope's Iliad grown fulfome, rather by their want of fkill tha Here is a double fignificatory of the fpirit, a wor they had adored the amazin The thund'rer fpoke, nor durft the queen reply St'vent A fhed or fignpoft Ben Fonfon's Cataline This noble invention of our author's hath bee copied by {o many fignpoff dawbers, that now 'ti That which fignifies or betokens have filence woul Thefe dying lovers, and their floating fons Sufpend the fight, and filence all our guns. Waller Tha He fhould fhare with them in the prefervin [ from fignify. thef 2 Lo #ill And let my griefs frown on the upper hand Shakefp. Richard T11 3, Forcible; ftrongly expreflive % and a fign If ancient forrow be moft reverent Give mine the benefit of figniory power Regers myflery If it pleafe him altogether to filznce me, fo that " fhall not only fpeak with difficulty, but wholly b difabled to open my mouth, to any articulate utterance 5 yet Thope he will giveme grace, even in m thoughts, to praife him Wake Daniel's Civil War And proud prerogatives an their fcruples, an My brave progenitors, by valour, zeal . The holy fymbols or figns are not barely fignifi . / knowledg Shakefp. Tempeft They muft reftore again Betokening by an external fign JIGNIFICATORY all the fignioriesit was the firft The earls, their titles, and their figniories B1eNUFICATIVE, adj. [ fignificatify Fr clean.sh data import.tsv out README from fignify. Since in dark forrow I mydays did fpend I could not ff/ence my complaints Denbam Had they duly confidered the extent of infinit At that tim And Profpero the prime duke Holder threaten T his would flence all further oppofition. Claris 1. Lordfhip ; dominion . Meaning exprefled by a fign or word n /0 [ feiguoria, Italian. Locke Sivi‘crous. adj. [from cilicium : it {houl be therefore written cilicions.] Made o hair The filicious an der and Eli hairy vefts of the ftri&eft or ars, derive their inftitution from St. Joh Brown S Sivrir'curLosE. adj. [ filicula, Lat.] Hufklyfi;, full of hufks S1L1'cINosE. adj. [ filiginafus, Lat.] Mad of fine wheat SILIQUA. n. /. [Latin. 1. [With geld finers. fix make a {cruple 2 Di A carat, of whic [With botanifts : filigue, Fr.] The feed veflel, hufk, cod, or fhell of fuch plant as arc of the pulfe kind. Dict $1L1QUOsE |