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Webster 1828 Edition
Significance
SIGNIF'ICANCE
, SIGNIF'ICANCY,Noun.
1.
Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.2.
Force; energy; power of impressing the mind; as a duty enjoined with particular significance.3.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence. Many a circumstance of less significancy has been construed into an event act of high treason.