Emily Dickinson Lexicon

signal (-s), n. [see sign, n.] (webplay: Motion, notice).

Sign; notice.

signal, v. [see signal, n.]

signalize, v. [see signal, adj.]

1. To make signals; to make known.
2. To distinguish (oneself); to render conspicuous, remarkable.

significance, n. [OFr < L.; see signify, v.]

1. The meaning or import of something.
2. Importance.

significant, adj. [L.; see signify, v.]

Expressive; suggestive; full of meaning.

signify (-ing, signified), v. [Fr. < L.; see sign, n.] (webplay: signs).

1. Announce; declare; denote.
2. Portend; betoken.
3. Sign; signal.
4. Inform; notify; make known.

signifying, verbal n. [see signify, v.]

Intimation; indication.

signor, n. [It. < L. 'old'.]

1. Title of respect.
2. Form of address; sir.

Silas, proper n. [Short form of L. Silvānus, god of forests < silva, wood.]

Missionary companion; preaching comrade of the apostle Paul; early Christian evangelist released from prison by an earthquake (see Acts 16:23-26).

silence, n. [OFr < L. 'to be silent'.]

1. Stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; complete quietness or stillness; sometimes personified.
2. The state of holding the peace; forbearacne of speech in man, or of noise in other animals; muteness; sometimes personified.
3. Neglect to reply.
4. An imperative to be quiet.
5. [Fig.] failure to communicate.
6. [Fig.] complete quietness or stillness to suggest the state beyond this life.