signify

sig·nify (sig′nə fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

to be a sign or indication of; mean the rags that signify their poverty
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

to have meaning or importance; be significant; matter

sig′·ni·fi′·able adjective

Object

purity: The mixture of snow-white and sapphire in the wings signifies purity of the flesh and the love of contemplation.
querent: In case of shared significators Moon, otherwise being a co-significator, signifies the querent to my knowledge.
acceptance: The signature of a duly authorized officer of an eligible society signifies acceptance of all these terms in their entirety.
triumph: Rather than signifying triumph, they all look lost in thought.
beginning: The first thing we do here is to specify the HTML tag, which signifies the beginning of an HTML document.
nothing: An apparent trend in some measurement may signify nothing more than a change in variance, often coupled with a ceiling or floor effect.

Preposition: that

object: Signature Possible state value, signifying that this signature object has not yet been initialized. union ( Rectangle ).

Modifying Another Word

merely: The patient's consent is immaterial, since its absence would merely signify mental incompetence.
necessarily: In yoga posture practice, simplicity does not necessarily signify ease.
thus: Why gospel ordinances are thus signified, I may show more particularly afterward.
perhaps: This ' boy ' has a tie on, perhaps signifying age or formality, yet he is sitting in a tree house.
primarily: The querent is primarily signified by Saturn; the lover by the Sun.
properly: It is the same name with Joshua ( who was a type of him ) which properly signifies, The Lord, Salvation.

Used with why or when

who: The case of the attribute name is used to signify who defined the meaning of that name and its values.
which: Furthermore, an attentional process is synchronized with one group of oscillators to signify which group is to be considered the attentional foreground.
what: He concentrated on the clubs which he thought signified what Middle England likes doing.
when: She was sure they should be married some time or other, and it did not much signify when.

Preposition: without

discussion: The meeting's consent will be signified without discussion.

Preposition: by

house: All moveable possessions, from calculators to cars, are signified by the 2nd house and its ruler.
name: So must the idea of consciousness - appearing in any form, signified by any name, intuited through any quality.

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