*II. Those particular sounds or Characters, which are agreed upon to signifie any one thing or notion, are called by the general name of WORD, Verbal, verbatim, term, endite.
That which is intended by any such sound or Character, is called MEAN∣ING, Sense, Signification, Purport, Acception, Import, tenor, denote, moral
Words may be distinguished according to the
General name; given to the chief kinds of them, whether ‖ the more Principal such as signifie some intire thing or notion, or the Less Princi∣pal, such as consignifie and serve to circumstantiate other words with which they are joyned.