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A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc. Tennyson.

air attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

To give token; to savor. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically:

A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. The weary sun . . . Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. Shak. There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen. De Foc.

d or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. Sir W. Raleigh.

That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

Betokening or representing by an external sign. The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative. Brerewood.

To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. Shak. The government should signify to th…

the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate." Lowell. -- Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof. -- Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge (Spongia equina, variety meandriniformis) f…

to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

ncient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max MüLler distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other…

l delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier. Chitty. -- Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.

A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes. Fairholt.

Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.

To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.