significative

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The second class may be termed significative, being imposed to distinguish their bearers from others by some quality.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.

Signif′icātively, in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The Smiths, Bakers, and Hunters of Occidental society are not a whit more significative than are many prominent names of the Orient.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

Three of them could henceforth be considered only as significative of the forms in which all matter exists.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von

And the less musical but wonderfully significative fourth, stanza— Plagas sicut Thomas non intueor, Deum tamen meum te confiteor, Fac me tibi semper magis credere, In te spem habere, te diligere.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)