transitive verb signified -·fied′, signifying -·fy′·ing

1. to be a sign or indication of; mean the rags that signify their poverty
2. to show or make known, as by a sign, words, etc. to signify approval by saying “aye”

Etymology: ME signifien < OFr signifier < L significare < signum, a sign + facere, to make, do

intransitive verb