intransitive verb. To denote; mean.

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

intransitive verb. To make known, as with a sign or word.

intransitive verb. To have meaning or importance.

intransitive verb. 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.

Synonyms To manifest, intimate, denote, imply, indicate.

To have import or meaning; be of consequence; matter.

transitive verb. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express.

transitive verb. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

verb. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

verb. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.

verb. To mean; to betoken.

verb. denote or connote

verb. make known with a word or signal

verb. convey or express a meaning

"Not only does the term signify full recognition of nursing's human foundation and meaning but it also points the direction for nursing's necessary development."

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dignify  

add up to  amount to something  announce  approve  argue  

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