v. rare. [f. med.L. consignificāre (Duns Scotus), f. con- + significāre to signify, denote.] To signify conjointly; to mean or signify when combined with something.
1646. J. Gregory, Notes & Observ. (1650), 151. And such a one as might very well be in company and consignify with that worke of God, that strange worke.
1662. Petty, Taxes, 67. The tythes in this place, do together with the said proportion, consignify the use of it, viz. the maintenance of the clergy.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. i. § 6. 46. Words … such as consignifie and serve to circumstantiate other words with which they are joyned.
1786. H. Tooke, Purley (1798), I. 305. The cypher, which has no value of itself, and only serves (if I may use the language of Grammarians) to connote and consignify, and to change the value of the figures.
