No doubt the descriptions were sufficient to carry the whole of each area, if free from other claims; but there was nothing in them or in the other provisions signifying a purpose to disturb prior disposals or to extinguish existing rights under them.
Architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi famously coined the terms "ducks" and "decorated sheds" to describe buildings such as these, that use signage or elaborate decoration to signify their purpose.
The new musical, dark or light, signified one purpose for all its elements: -- music, lyrics libretto, dance, design.
But for many who came to view the parchment, protesters' voices signified the purpose of the Bill of Rights: the freedom to speak out without fear of retribution.
Ross had originally rebuffed attempts to become engaged in the war, writing in June 1861: "I have already signified my purpose to take no part in it whatever".
Ovid's Medea,... the lost Aeschylus trilogy of the Trojan war... gathered to oblivion in sheaves -- and here and there a cornstalk, a thistle, a poppy, still standing, but as to purpose, signifying nothing".
For example, statements are made for the purpose of "signifying that what-is is" (DV 2).
Green is a great all-purpose color, signifying balance, growth, and abundance in feng shui.
Purpose signifies a greater sense of meaning, but how you define what type of work is meaningful to you is entirely personal.
Casing the unit's colors was a tradition formally signifying its inactivation and, for all official purposes, the brigade had ceased to be an active Army unit.
MIT's motto is "mens et manus," or "mind and hand," signifying the fusion of academic knowledge with practical purpose.
