Sig"ni*fi*ed (?), F.
signifier, L.
significare;
signum a
sign + -ficare (in comp.)
1. v. past tense of signify. See Sign, n., and -fy.]
2. n. that which the signifier stands for: a thing, place, person, monkey, idea. The thing in the world or without that we wish to speak about with our word-symbols.