Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Significá-re, v. a. to signify, declare, express by signs, give notice of, make acquainted with;v. n.
1. to signify, mean, denote, have a meaning;2. to interest, be of importance; adv.Significá-taménte , distinctly; s. m. Significá-tóre, f. Significá-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
significare: to signifie, to notifie, to betoken, to giue knowledge by some signe.
