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INSIGNIFICANT a. 3 definitions
Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.
INSIGNIFICANTLY adv.
without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose. "Anger insignificantly fierce." Cowper.
INSIGNIFICATIVE a.
Not expressing meaning; not significant.
INSIGNMENT n.
A token, mark, or explanation. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
INTRANSIGENT a.
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev.
INTRANSIGENTES n.
The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
LIGHT SIGNALS n.
A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance.
LONG-SIGHT n.
Long-sightedness Good.
LONG-SIGHTED a. 2 definitions
Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
LONG-SIGHTEDNESS n. 2 definitions
The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.
MISASSIGN v.
To assign wrongly.
MONSIGNORE n.
My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
NEARSIGHTED; NEARSIGHTEDNESS a. 2 definitions
Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted. -- Near"sight`ed*ness, n.
OBSIGILLATION n.
A sealing up. [Obs.] Maunder.
OBSIGN v.
To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. [Obs.] Bradford.
OBSIGNATE v.
To seal; to ratify. [Obs.] Barrow.
OBSIGNATION n.
ut upbraid you in the shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of obsignation. Jer. Taylor.
OBSIGNATORY a.
Ratifying; confirming by sealing. [Obs.] Samuel Ward (1643)
OVERSIGHT n. 3 definitions
Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight." Spenser.
PASIGRAPHIC; PASIGRAPHICAL a.
Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.
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