Signify /(?)/

Sig·ni·fy

Signify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying

  1. 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; as, a signified his desire to be present.
    I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
    The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
  2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
    He bade her tell him what it signified.
    A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.