All 8 Uses
signify
in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
(Auto-generated)
- At the end of the first basin the man had risen to serenity; at the second he was jovial; at the third, argumentative, at the fourth, the qualities signified by the shape of his face, the occasional clench of his mouth, and the fiery spark of his dark eye, began to tell in his conduct; he was overbearing—even brilliantly quarrelsome.†
Chpt 1
- The daughter looked in the direction signified.†
Chpt 3
- It was Farfrae—just come from the dialogue with Henchard which had signified his dismissal.†
Chpt 17
- Elizabeth went to the tomb herself; beside it were two footprints distinct in the soil, signifying that the lady had stood there a long time.†
Chpt 20
- He neither moved nor spoke, and waving her hand to him in utmost friendliness she signified to the flyman to drive up the street.†
Chpt 21 *
- Her manner signified quite plainly that she meant to know him in public no more.†
Chpt 37
- Henchard signified dubiousness.†
Chpt 41
- That Mr. Farfrae "walked with that bankrupt Henchard's step-daughter, of all women," became a common topic in the town, the simple perambulating term being used hereabout to signify a wooing; and the nineteen superior young ladies of Casterbridge, who had each looked upon herself as the only woman capable of making the merchant Councilman happy, indignantly left off going to the church Farfrae attended, left off conscious mannerisms, left off putting him in their prayers at night amongst their blood relations; in short, reverted to their normal courses.†
Chpt 43
Definition:
to indicate (to show or to mean)