SIGNIFICANCE

{ Sig‐nif″i‐cance (?), Sig‐nif″i‐can‐cy (?) }, n. [[L. significantia.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. 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.
3. 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey.