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Definition of adsignify in US English:
adsignify
verb
Grammar Linguisticsrare
with object To signify or indicate in addition, especially through the use of grammar (as by declension, case, tense, etc.). Compare earlier adsignification.
Origin
Late 17th century. From classical Latin adsignificāre (also assignificāre) to make evident, show, prove, (of words) to denote, mean from ad- + significāre.
