Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Signification

Signification , noun

[French signification, Latin significatio.]

1.
The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
A signification of being pleased. — Landor
All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another. — South
2.
That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.