verb (v)

• denote or connote(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  intend, mean, stand for
  

  source: wordnet30
• convey or express a meaning(verb.communication)

  Example:
  What does his strange behavior signify?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make known with a word or signal(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913