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"description": "The word for today is…\n\nsignify (verb) -\n\ntransitive verb\n1a: to be a sign of : mean\nb: imply\n2: to show especially by a conventional token (such as word, signal, or gesture)\n\nintransitive verb\n1: to have significance : matter\n2: to engage in signifying\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Signify basically means \"to make a sign or signal\". One of its synonyms is indicate; the index finger is the finger you point with, so to indicate is essentially to point to something. Significant means \"imp",
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