significate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin significatus, past participle of significare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
significate (plural significates)
- (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
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
“significate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Interlingua[edit]
Participle[edit]
significate
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
significate
- inflection of significare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
significate f pl
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
significāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
significate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of significar combined with te
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