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A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify, amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.

A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous.

A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous.

To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope. We are graced with wreaths of victory. Shak.

A suffix signifying something written, a writing; also, a writer; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph.

A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

A prefix signifying half.

A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.

To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.

A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.

To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. Esther vi. 9. The name of Cassius…

A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.

A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

; a natural; an innocent. Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shak.

To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker.

To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death." Spenser.

lace with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of…

In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.