significare
= verbo transitivo manifestare , esprimere un significato , un contenuto , un messaggio , un'informazione , <
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Privato , chi non lo sapesse , era il termine in uso , a que' tempi , per significare il favorito d'un principe .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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Ora ripensava come mai quel sì che le era scappato , avesse potuto significar tanto , ora cercava se ci fosse maniera di riprenderlo , di ristringerne il senso ; ma la persuasione del principe pareva così intera , la sua gioia così gelosa , la benignità così condizionata , che Gertrude non osò proferire una parola che potesse turbarle menomamente .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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- Eh eh eh ! - rispose il frate , trinciando verticalmente l'aria con la mano distesa , per significare una gran distanza .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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- Da una parte , sapendo quante brighe , quante cose ha per la testa il signore zio . . .- (questo , soffiando , vi mise la mano , come per significare la gran fatica ch'era a farcele star tutte) - s'è fatto scrupolo di darle una briga di più .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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E intendeva forse significare con questo che, oltre i limiti della memoria, vi sono percezioni e azioni che ci rimangono ignote, perché veramente non sono piú nostre, ma di noi quali fummo in altro tempo, con pensieri e affetti già da un lungo oblío oscurati in noi, cancellati, spenti; ma che al richiamo improvviso d'una sensazione, sia sapore, sia colore o suono, possono ancora dar prova di vita, mostrando ancor vivo in noi un altro essere insospettato.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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E stropicciò l'indice e il pollice d'una mano, a significare il perché della grandezza.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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E il giudice D'Andrea infrontò gl'indici delle mani per significare che le due vie gli parevano opposte.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Tararà si recò una mano al petto, per significare che non aveva la minima intenzione di mancare di rispetto alla giustizia.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Poi ha chiuso gli occhi ed ha aperto di nuovo le braccia, ma con un'altra espressione, stringendosi nelle spalle, come per significare: - È fatta cosí! Bisogna compatirla...(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Invano il figlio cercò di scuoterli, di aizzarli novamente alla corsa e al gioco; rimasero lí serii e gravi, come sotto il peso d'una grande malinconia; e uno, che doveva essere il padre, scrollando lentamente la testa alle tentazioni del puledrino, mi parve che con quel gesto volesse significargli: "Figlio, tu non sai ciò che t'aspetta..." L'ombra già calata su la vasta pianura, faceva apparir fosco nell'ultima luce Monte Mario col cimiero dei cupi cipressi ritti nel cielo denso di vapori cinerulei, dai quali per uno squarcio in alto la luna assommava come una bolla.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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L'altro, il pallido Vannícoli, dai biondi capelli irti come fili di stoppia e dall'aria spirante, appuntí invece le labbra, rese piú dolente che mai lo sguardo dei chiari occhi languidi e stette col naso come in punto a annusar qualche odore sgradevole, per significare che era compreso della pena che al venerato maestro doveva certo costare la trattazione di quel tema, dopo quanto glien'aveva detto privatamente.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Ella chinò il capo per significargli che aveva compreso e corse a prendergli l'occorrente.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Domandò col gesto a Venerina che cosa volessero significare, e Venerina, pronta: - Tu, bet! Lars Cleen restò a guardarla con gli occhi chiari ridenti e smarriti.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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- E va bene! Tese gl'indici delle mani e li accostò ripetutamente l'uno all'altro, per significare: "Marito e moglie, uniti..." - Vous et ma nièsse...(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Possibile che nel cuore di lui, alla vista della nuova grazia che la figliuola ha acquistato, si siano destati all'improvviso gli stessi sentimenti che han turbato lei dianzi nell'acconciare amorosamente quella bambina non sua? Non vorrebbe la signora Lèuca ch'egli credesse, che le cure che s'è prese per la piccina siano come un modo di significare a lui il rimpianto che quella figlia non abbia potuto esser sua.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Se qualcuno gli domandava: - Ma, insomma, voi che ne dite? Giglione alzava una mano e col pollice sotto il lobo e l'indice alzato sul padiglione, mostrava l'orecchia, per significare che a lui toccava sentire e che il parlare era affare del compagno.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Ella, che accompagnava inginocchiata quello scongiuro, pregando col piú intenso fervore, all'interruzione chinò piú volte il capo, per significargli che aveva capito.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Ogni sera don Predu , che possedeva grandi poderi verso il mare , passava di ritorno al paese , e se vedeva il servo tendeva l'indice verso la terra delle sue cugine e poi si toccava il petto per significare che aspettava l'espropriazione e il possesso del poderetto ; ma Efix , abituato a quella mimica , salutava , e a sua volta accennava di no , di no , con la mano e con la testa .( Grazia Deledda - Canne al vento)
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Voleva non lo perdere affatto, voleva farlo contento, rammentarsi a lui, significargli ch’ella bramava il suo bene; scrivergli insomma.. (Tommaseo - Fede e bellezza)
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«Quanto a quello… » La povera mansueta signora capì che litigavano, si spaventò e si mise a cacciar puntate al soffitto coll'indice destro, per significare che lassù potevano udire. (Fogazzaro - Piccolo mondo antico)
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Le nobili pianticelle del viale, sorgendo sugli erbaggi, dovevano significare una certa finezza di spirito e di cultura nella modesta fortuna della famiglia. (Fogazzaro - Piccolo mondo antico)
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Luisa prese la mano di suo marito, gliela strinse in silenzio, non con la stretta d'un'amante, ma pure abbastanza forte per significargli ch'era una commossa risposta. (Fogazzaro - Piccolo mondo antico)
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Alle pareti erano gli stipi per gli strumenti e per le intavolature, e nel legno figurati a tarsia il dolzemele il buonaccordo la viola la virginale l'arpa, e miste alle figure musicali erano strane imagini di palagi e di verzieri come per significare i luoghi inesistenti a cui sul fiume della melodia l'anima anela pur dal più lieto dei soggiorni. E, quivi anche, sopra uno stendardetto era intarsiato il nome soave. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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— Che vuol significare il numero ventisette? — chiese Vana, che nella confusione del suo spirito si volgeva con un'ansia superstiziosa verso gli indizii e i presagi. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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– Nient’affatto! Bisogna invece che dica, spieghi che cosa ha inteso di significare con le sue parole e col suo riso imbecille! Io non comprendo!
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E stropicciò il pollice e l’indice, per significare quattrini. ( Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal )<>
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* Ada non aveva ancora trovata l’occasione di significarmi il suo disdegno ed io tacevo! Anch’io al posto di Ada avrei accolto quel giovinetto di trent’anni a calci nel sedere!
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* Quel bel giovinotto sapeva anche sonare il violino? Davvero? Tanto bene? – Speravo che Giovanni avesse scherzato e con l’esagerazione delle sue lodi avesse voluto significare che Guido non fosse altro che un tartassatore del violino .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>
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* Quel silenzio poteva anche significare un rifiuto , il più delicato rifiuto che si potesse immaginare: io quasi sarei scappato in cerca del mio cappello , in tempo per porlo su una testa salva .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>*
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* Io la guardai e vidi che sulla sua faccia si distendeva qualche cosa che poteva significare sdegno e ostinazione .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>
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eh
= inter . espressione che - a seconda del tono e del contesto - può significare meraviglia - rimprovero - rincrescimento - rassegnazione e sim . <>
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kedivè
= o chedivè , titolo del viceré d'egitto passato poi a significare sultano e infine re . <>
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in albis
= si dice della settimana e della domenica che seguono la pasqua , quando i neofiti vestivano di bianco a significare l'innocenza battesimale . <>
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significante
= participio presente di significare , assai espressivo , che dice molte cose , <>
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significazione
= il significare , <>
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She was a woman of mean understanding,little information, and uncertain temper.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "Oh! you mean Jane, I suppose, because he danced with her twice.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "Perhaps you mean what I overheard between him and Mr. Robinson; did notI mention it to you? Mr. Robinson's asking him how he liked our Merytonassemblies, and whether he did not think there were a great manypretty women in the room, and which he thought the prettiest? and hisanswering immediately to the last question: 'Oh! the eldest Miss Bennet,beyond a doubt; there cannot be two opinions on that point.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "To walk three miles, or four miles, or five miles, or whatever it is,above her ankles in dirt, and alone, quite alone! What could she mean byit? It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence,a most country-town indifference to decorum.<>
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But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "If you mean Darcy," cried her brother, "he may go to bed, if hechooses, before it begins--but as for the ball, it is quite a settledthing; and as soon as Nicholls has made white soup enough, I shall sendround my cards.<>
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Not that I mean to find fault with you, for such thingsI know are all chance in this world.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "I am not now to learn," replied Mr. Collins, with a formal wave of thehand, "that it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of theman whom they secretly mean to accept, when he first applies for theirfavour; and that sometimes the refusal is repeated a second, or even athird time.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "It is only evident that Miss Bingley does not mean that he should.<>
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Elizabeth saw what he was doing, and at the firstconvenient pause, turned to him with an arch smile, and said:"You mean to frighten me, Mr. Darcy, by coming in all this state to hearme? I will not be alarmed though your sister does play so well.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) As he spoke there was a sort of smile which Elizabeth fancied sheunderstood; he must be supposing her to be thinking of Jane andNetherfield, and she blushed as she answered:"I do not mean to say that a woman may not be settled too near herfamily.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) After welcoming their sisters, they triumphantly displayed a table setout with such cold meat as an inn larder usually affords, exclaiming,"Is not this nice? Is not this an agreeable surprise?""And we mean to treat you all," added Lydia, "but you must lend us themoney, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.<>
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There was asomething in her countenance which made him listen with an apprehensiveand anxious attention, while she added:"When I said that he improved on acquaintance, I did not mean thathis mind or his manners were in a state of improvement, but that, fromknowing him better, his disposition was better understood.<>
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Wickham"by each of them; and in the mean time, she went after dinner to show herring, and boast of being married, to Mrs.<>
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Don't think me angry,however, for I only mean to let you know that I had not imagined suchinquiries to be necessary on your side.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility inmy power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped toobtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting yousee that your reproofs had been attended to.<>
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Bennet, as she stood at a window the nextmorning, "if that disagreeable Mr. Darcy is not coming here again withour dear Bingley! What can he mean by being so tiresome as to be alwayscoming here? I had no notion but he would go a-shooting, or something orother, and not disturb us with his company.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'What CAN he mean by this?' said Mr. Snodgrass, when the horse hadexecuted this manoeuvre for the twentieth time.<>
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And you,' continued Mr.Wardle, turning abruptly round to his sister--'you, Rachael, at a timeof life when you ought to know better, what do you mean by running awaywith a vagabond, disgracing your family, and making yourself miserable?Get on your bonnet and come back.<>
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Mr. Blotton, witha mean desire to tarnish the lustre of the immortal name of Pickwick,actually undertook a journey to Cobham in person, and on his return,sarcastically observed in an oration at the club, that he had seen theman from whom the stone was purchased; that the man presumed thestone to be ancient, but solemnly denied the antiquity of theinscription--inasmuch as he represented it to have been rudely carved byhimself in an idle mood, and to display letters intended to bear neithermore or less than the simple construction of--'BILL STUMPS, HIS MARK';and that Mr. Stumps, being little in the habit of original composition,and more accustomed to be guided by the sound of words than by thestrict rules of orthography, had omitted the concluding 'L' of hisChristian name.<>
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What do you mean by "hocussing" brandy-and-water?' inquired Mr.Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'And, perhaps, my dear Sir,' said the cautious little man, 'perhapsif you could--I don't mean to say it's indispensable--but if you couldmanage to kiss one of 'em, it would produce a very great impression onthe crowd.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) '"I didn't mean to treat you with any disrespect, Sir," said Tom, in amuch humbler tone than he had spoken in at first.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You don't mean to say,' said Mr. Pickwick, gazing with solemn sternnessat his friend--'you don't mean to say, Mr. Tupman, that it is yourintention to put yourself into a green velvet jacket, with a two-inchtail?Such IS my intention, Sir,' replied Mr. Tupman warmly.<>
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You don't mean that?' said Sam.<>
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"'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs,paralysed by the atrocious confession; "what do you mean by that? Saythis to my face! Damme, I'll throttle you!"'It is by no means improbable that old Lobbs would have carried histhreat into execution, in the excess of his rage, if his arm had notbeen stayed by a very unexpected apparition: to wit, the male cousin,who, stepping out of his closet, and walking up to old Lobbs, said--'"I cannot allow this harmless person, Sir, who has been asked here, insome girlish frolic, to take upon himself, in a very noble manner, thefault (if fault it is) which I am guilty of, and am ready to avow.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'And what steps, sir, do you mean to take to obtain redress?' inquiredMr. Winkle, gaining courage as he saw Pott losing it.<>
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Pott, 'does he mean to horsewhip the editorof the INDEPENDENT--does he, Goodwin?Hush, hush, ma'am; pray keep yourself quiet,' replied the bodyguard.<>
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Do you mean mysingle relative--eh?'Mr. Tupman, by a nod, intimated that his question applied to thedisappointed Rachael.<>
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No, no; I mean the others,' said the bewildered Winkle.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'What do you mean by that observation, Sir?' inquired Mr. Winkle,angrily.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Twigging of me, Sam!' replied Mr. Pickwick; 'what do you mean bytwigging me?'Mr. Weller replied by pointing with his thumb over his shoulder, and Mr.Pickwick, on looking up, became sensible of the pleasing fact, that allthe four clerks, with countenances expressive of the utmost amusement,and with their heads thrust over the wooden screen, were minutelyinspecting the figure and general appearance of the supposed triflerwith female hearts, and disturber of female happiness.<>
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The street is broad, the shops are spacious, the noise ofpassing vehicles, the footsteps of a perpetual stream of people--allthe busy sounds of traffic, resound in it from morn to midnight; but thestreets around are mean and close; poverty and debauchery lie festeringin the crowded alleys; want and misfortune are pent up in the narrowprison; an air of gloom and dreariness seems, in my eyes at least, tohang about the scene, and to impart to it a squalid and sickly hue.<>
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What do you mean by a pike-keeper?' inquired Mr. Peter Magnus.<>
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What do you mean by that, Sam?' said Mr. Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You mean proposing?' said Mr. Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) We do not mean to assert that the application of this brevity tohimself, struck exactly that indignation to Mr. Pickwick's soul, whichit would infallibly have roused in a vulgar breast.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'What do you mean by this insolence?' said Mr. Tupman, starting up;'leave the room!Hollo,' said Mr. Grummer, retreating very expeditiously to the door,and opening it an inch or two, 'Dubbley.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Pickwick,' said the magistrate, 'dear me, Mr. Pickwick--pray take aseat--you cannot mean this? Captain Fitz-Marshall!Don't call him a cap'en,' said Sam, 'nor Fitz-Marshall neither; heain't neither one nor t'other.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You don't mean to say you did that on purpose,' said the prettyhousemaid, blushing.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Ah,' said Sam, 'I should ha' s'posed that; but what I mean is, shouldyou like a drop of anythin' as'd warm you? but I s'pose you never wascold, with all them elastic fixtures, was you?Sometimes,' replied the boy; 'and I likes a drop of something, whenit's good.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You mean to dance?' said Wardle.<>
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We do not mean to say that it was exactly thecase in this particular instance; all we wish to inform the readeris, that the different members of the party dispersed to their severalhomes; that Mr. Pickwick and his friends once more took their seats onthe top of the Muggleton coach; and that Arabella Allen repaired toher place of destination, wherever it might have been--we dare say Mr.Winkle knew, but we confess we don't--under the care and guardianship ofher brother Benjamin, and his most intimate and particular friend, Mr.Bob Sawyer.<>
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You don't mean to say he was burked, Sam?' said Mr. Pickwick, lookinghastily round.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You mean that in that case I must pay the damages?' said Mr. Pickwick,who had watched this telegraphic answer with considerable sternness.<>
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Do you mean that the patient is in a fair way to recover?' inquired Mr.Pickwick.<>
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What do you mean by that, sir?' inquired Mr. Noddy.<>
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What do you mean by this, Mr. Sawyer?' replied the voice, with greatshrillness and rapidity of utterance.<>
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What do you mean by comin' to a hot-el, and asking arter Sam, vithas much politeness as a vild Indian?'Cos an old gen'l'm'n told me to,' replied the boy.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Wot does he mean by the soft sex, Sammy?' inquired Mr. Weller, in awhisper.<>
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Oh, you don't know her, but you've seen her? Now, have the goodness totell the gentlemen of the jury what you mean by that, Mr. Winkle.<>
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I mean that I am not intimate with her, but I have seen her when I wentto call on Mr. Pickwick, in Goswell Street.<>
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I mean to speak up, Sir,' replied Sam; 'I am in the service o' that'ere gen'l'man, and a wery good service it is.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Do you mean to tell me, Mr. Weller,' said Serjeant Buzfuz, folding hisarms emphatically, and turning half-round to the jury, as if in muteassurance that he would bother the witness yet--'do you mean to tellme, Mr. Weller, that you saw nothing of this fainting on the part of theplaintiff in the arms of the defendant, which you have heard describedby the witnesses?' 'Certainly not,' replied Sam; 'I was in the passagetill they called me up, and then the old lady was not there.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'What do you mean by that, Sir?' said Mr. Tuckle, with great asperity.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Wy, you don't mean to say you're a-goin' old feller?' said Sam Wellerto his friend, Mr. John Smauker.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You don't mean to say you weren't down upon me?' said Mr. Bob Sawyer,shaking Mr. Winkle's hand with friendly warmth.<>
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'You cannot surely mean that?' said Mr. Winkle.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Winkle, not much doubting who the young man was, unlocked the door;which he had no sooner done than Mr. Samuel Weller entered with greatprecipitation, and carefully relocking it on the inside, deliberatelyput the key in his waistcoat pocket; and, after surveying Mr. Winklefrom head to foot, said--'You're a wery humorous young gen'l'm'n, you air, Sir!What do you mean by this conduct, Sam?' inquired Mr. Winkleindignantly.<>
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You don't mean to say you're going back to-night, Sam?' urged Mr.Winkle, greatly surprised.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You're wery right, old friend,' said Sam; 'I DO mean arternoon.<>
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Dear me!' said Mr. Pickwick, turning hastily aside, 'I didn't mean todo that.<>
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My friend,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'you don't really mean to say that humanbeings live down in those wretched dungeons?Don't I?' replied Mr. Roker, with indignant astonishment; 'whyshouldn't I?Live!--live down there!' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick.<>
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When I say paper, I mean bills.<>
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I mean who are able to go outside.<>
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You don't mean that, Sammy?' said the senior earnestly.<>
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Wot do you mean by leavin' it on trust?' inquired Sam, waking up alittle.<>
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You don't mean that?' said Sam.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I do mean that, Sammy,' replied his father, 'and I vish you could ha'seen how tight he held on by the sides wen he did get up, as if he wosafeerd o' being precipitayted down full six foot, and dashed into amillion hatoms.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I mean this here, Sammy,' replied the old gentleman, 'that wot theydrink, don't seem no nourishment to 'em; it all turns to warm water,and comes a-pourin' out o' their eyes.<>
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Here was a mean and low way ofarriving at a friend's house! No dashing up, with all the fire and furyof the animal; no jumping down of the driver; no loud knocking at thedoor; no opening of the apron with a crash at the very last moment, forfear of the ladies sitting in a draught; and then the man handing theshawls out, afterwards, as if he were a private coachman! The whole edgeof the thing had been taken off--it was flatter than walking.<>
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She knew he didn't mean tobe unkind; but Mary Ann was very far from strong, and, if he didn't takecare, he might lose her when he least expected it, which would be a verydreadful reflection for him afterwards; and so on.<>
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Raddle, turning fiercelyto the first-floor lodger, 'that a woman could be married to such aunmanly creetur, which can tamper with a woman's feelings as he does,every hour in the day, ma'am?My dear,' remonstrated Mr. Raddle, 'I didn't mean anything, my dear.<>
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You mean yes, I think,' said the little man, turning to the sideboardfor a decanter and glasses.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) As Lowten DID mean yes, he said no more on the subject, but inquired ofJob, in an audible whisper, whether the portrait of Perker, which hungopposite the fireplace, wasn't a wonderful likeness, to which Job ofcourse replied that it was.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You don't mean that 'ere, Sir?' said Sam, starting back in excessivesurprise.<>
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And you know how she comes here, Isuppose; I mean on what grounds, and at whose suit?Yes; at least I have heard Sam's account of the matter,' said Mr.Pickwick, with affected carelessness.<>
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No, no,' replied Bob, once more exchanging hats with Mr. Weller; 'Ididn't mean to do it, only I got so enlivened with the ride that Icouldn't help it.<>
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Bardell's costs?No, I don't mean that,' replied Mr. Lowten.<>
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Notexactly,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick, drawing out his pocket-book, andshaking the little man heartily by the hand, 'I only mean a pecuniarysettlement.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I!I mean what did you do when your married daughter told you this?Oh, I made a fool of myself of course,' rejoined Wardle.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You mustn't talk to me in that way,' said Mary; 'you don't mean it.<>
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You don't mean that?' said Mr. Weller, laying down the poker.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look,meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too.<>
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Wery good, Samivel, wery good,' said Mr. Weller, nodding his head witha satisfied air, 'I didn't mean to speak harsh to you, Sammy.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I mean an interest in her doing well,' resumed Mr. Pickwick; 'a desirethat she may be comfortable and prosperous.<>
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The decanters passed from hand to hand with unwonted briskness, andMr. Pickwick, looking round on the faces of his friends with a cheerfulsmile, proceeded--'All the changes that have taken place among us,'said Mr. Pickwick, 'I mean the marriage that HAS taken place, and themarriage that WILL take place, with the changes they involve, renderedit necessary for me to think, soberly and at once, upon my future plans.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "No, no, no," he said, almost angrily; "I don't mean just a figure ofspeech.<>
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I mean that I thought and thought about how a man might come tobe like that, until I realized that I really was like that, ineverything except actual final consent to the action.<>
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But what do these men mean, nine times out often,when they use it nowadays? When they say detection is a science? Whenthey say criminology is a science? They mean getting outside a man andstudying him as if he were a gigantic insect: in what they would call adry impartial light, in what I should call a dead and dehumanized light.<>
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They mean getting a long way off him, as if he were a distantprehistoric monster; staring at the shape of his 'criminal skull' as ifit were a sort of eerie growth, like the horn on a rhinoceros's nose.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "He may be right," answered the other; "but I mean a collective rule.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "You don't seriously mean to say," cried Underhill incredulously, "thatyou know anything about strange people in a strange street.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "But I mean all the people down the road," said his companion.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "What do you mean by a regular fashion?" asked the detective.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Do you mean to tell the jury," he asked, in tones of gratingincredulity, "that you never went in to see the deceased gentleman atall?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "No!" replied Orm shortly.<>
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Don't you know that everything has,for an artist, one aspect or angle that is exactly right? A tree, a cow,and a cloud, in a certain relation only, mean something; as threeletters, in one order only, mean a word.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Ah!" said the other, with a little catch in his voice; "you mean thathe--"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Yes," said Bagshaw, "he shot at the same man again, but not in amirror.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) There was a silence, and then Devine started and spoke: "You don'tseriously mean to say that nice old man----"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Come, Mr. Devine," said Carver, with a smile, "you believed a beehivewas only a hiding-place for me.<>
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"Do you mean you don'tbelieve he is Moonshine, the burglar?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I know he is the burglar, but he didn't burgle," answered Father Brown.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "And what do you mean by that?" demanded the other.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean it will not return," replied the priest.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean it was a dead man who looked in at the window," said FatherBrown.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "What do you mean by the stable door?" began Jameson.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean that the steed is stolen," answered Boyle.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Do you mean that he was?" he asked, at length.<>
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"You don't mean thehousekeeper?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Beware of the woman you forget, and even more," answered the other.<>
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Sands did it herself?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I didn't mean a study of her character," said Father Brown.<>
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I suppose that's what they mean by tragicirony.<>
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By the way,don't you think it probably was the strange woman?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "It depends," said the priest, "whom you mean by the strange woman.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Oh! I don't mean the Italian woman," said Jarvis hastily.<>
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No, I mean the woman who was heard threatening him at that secretmeeting; the woman who said she was his wife.<>
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"Which onedo you mean?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean the corporate alibi," said Jarvis gravely.<>
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Ididn't mean the murder in the barber's shop, when--when I said a horribletale of vengeance.<>
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Don't you seethat while it secured the post obit, it also provided some sort ofanswer to what would soon be the greatest difficulty of all?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I see several difficulties," said Granby; "which one do you mean?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean that if the son was not even disinherited, it would look ratherodd that the father and son never met.<>
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That is what I mean by the infernal irony; by thejoke shared with the Devil.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Do you mean it is here?" demanded Hardcastle harshly.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Do you mean the Master?" asked the late Phroso.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Do you mean he made that an excuse?" asked his companion, puzzled.<>
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That is what I mean by religious being different.<>
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But what hecalls spiritual doesn't mean what we call moral.<>
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Itdoes sometimes happen, I admit; it might mean mere affectionatebereavement.<>
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But it might mean something else.<>
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I mean that even when his tenderness turns to rage itis still objective, directed outwards to its object; he isn't consciousof himself.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "You mean the tragedy began," replied the priest.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "You mean to leave him to this living death of moping and going mad in aruin!" cried Lady Outram, in a voice that shook a little.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "What do you mean by that?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "He never knew her," said Father Brown.<>
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Leave us with the men who commit the mean and revolting and realcrimes; mean as St.<>
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"You mean hope--for him?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Yes," replied the other.<>
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What I mean is that, when I tried toimagine the state of mind in which such a thing would be done, I alwaysrealized that I might have done it myself under certain mentalconditions, but not under others; and not generally under the obviousones.<>
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Think whatexposure would mean to a man like that fashionable barrister; andexposure of the one crime still really hated by his fashionable world--treason against patriotism.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I don't quite know what you mean by that," said Chace.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I mean commonplace crimes like stealing jewels," said Father Brown;"like that affair of the emerald necklace or the Ruby of Meru or theartificial goldfish.<>
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