signify

To denote; mean.

To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply.

To make known, as with a sign or word.

To have meaning or importance.

To exchange humorous insults in a verbal game.

To be a sign or token of (a fact or pretended fact); represent or suggest, either naturally or conventionally; betoken; mean.

To import, in the Paracelsian sense. See signature, 2.

To import relatively; have the purport or bearing of; matter in regard to (something expressed or implied): as, that signifies little or nothing to us; it signifies much.

To make known by signs, speech, or action; communicate; give notice of; announce; declare.

To exhibit as a sign or representation; make as a similitude.