different between signified vs significate

English

Pronunciation

Noun

signified (plural signifieds)

1. (linguistics, structuralism) The concept or idea evoked by a sign.
   • 2012, Esti Sheinberg, Music Semiotics (page 9)

     In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.

Related terms

• signifier
• referent

Translations

Verb

signified

1. simple past tense and past participle of signify

Anagrams

• dignifies

English

Etymology

Latin significatus, past participle of significare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???n?f?k?t/

Noun

significate (plural significates)

1. (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

• significand
• signified

References

significate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Participle

significate

1. past participle of significar

Italian

Verb

significate

1. second-person plural present indicative of significare
2. second-person plural imperative of significare
3. feminine plural of significato

Latin

Verb

signific?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of signific?