significative

[ sig-nif-i-key-tiv ]

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adjective

serving to signify.
significant; suggestive.

Origin of significative

1350–1400; Middle English (<Old French significatif, significative) <Late Latin significātīvus denoting, equivalent to Latin significāt(us) (past participle of significāre to make a sign; see signify, -ate¹) + -īvus-ive

Other words from significative

sig·nif·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
sig·nif·i·ca·tive·ness, noun
non·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective
un·sig·nif·i·ca·tive, adjective

Words Nearby significative

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How to use significative in a sentence

For as the old Creation was complete in seven days, so the number next ensuing may well be significative of the new.
Churches and Church Ornaments | William Durandus
Moreover, these offices of divine piety be moral, and significative of future glory.
Churches and Church Ornaments | William Durandus
That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.
The Lone Ranche | Captain Mayne Reid
To which the Count replied, by the word Speranza, accompanied by a clasp of the hand and a significative glance.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 | Various
He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
The Allen House | T. S. Arthur

British Dictionary definitions for significative

significative

/ (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv) /

adjective

(of a sign, mark, etc) symbolic
another word for significant

Derived forms of significative

significatively, adverb
significativeness, noun

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