Significancy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
     n. [L. significantia.]
     1. The quality or state of being significant.
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     2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the


        significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
        word or expression.
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     3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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              With this brain I must work, in order to give
              significancy and value to the few facts which I
              possess.                              --De Quincey.
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