Main Entry: sig·ni·fy

Pronunciation: \ˈsig-nə-ˌfī\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sig·ni·fied; sig·ni·fy·ing

Etymology: Middle English signifien, from Anglo-French signifier, from Latin significare to indicate, signify, from signum sign

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 a : to be a sign of : mean b : imply
2 : to show especially by a conventional token (as word, signal, or gesture)intransitive verb 1 : to have significance : matter <it will not much signify what one wears — Jane Austen>
2 : to engage in signifying