01 n. The quality or state of being significant.
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The quality or state of being significant.
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That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
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Importance; moment; weight; consequence.“With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.” — De Quincey.