significate

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English

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Etymology

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Latin significatus, past participle of significare.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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significate (plural significates)

  1. (logic) One of several things signified by a common term.
    • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic:
      “Britain is an island;” “all tyrants are miserable; ” “no miser is rich; ” are universal propositions, and their subjects are therefore said to be distrubted. being understood to stand, each, for the whole of its Significates: but, “some islands are fertile;” “all tyrants are not assassinated;" are Particular, and their subjects, consequently, not distributed, being taken to stand for a part only of their Significates
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References

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significate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Interlingua

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Participle

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significate

  1. past participle of significar

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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significate

  1. inflection of significare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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significate f pl

  1. feminine plural of significato

Latin

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Verb

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significāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of significō

Spanish

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Verb

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significate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of significar combined with te