Hypertext Webster Gateway: "significative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Significative \Sig*nif"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. significativus: cf. F.
significatif.]
1. Betokening or representing by an external sign.
The holy symbols or signs are not barely
significative. --Brerewood.
2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning
or purpose; significant.
Neither in the degrees of kindred they were
destitute of significative words. --Camden.
-- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. --
{Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
significative
adj : having a covert or special meaning [syn: {indicative}, {suggestive}]
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