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Significancy [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, noun [Latin significans. See Signify .]

2. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

3. Force; energy; power of impressing the mind; as a duty enjoined with particular significance.

4. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. Many a circumstance of less SIGNIFICANCY has been construed into an event act of high treason.

Significancy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being significant.

2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.