indicate

To show the way to or the direction of; point out.

To serve as a sign, symptom, or token of; signify.

To suggest or demonstrate the necessity, expedience, or advisability of.

To state or express briefly.

To point out; show; suggest, as by an outline or a word, etc.: as, the length of a shadow indicates the time of day; to indicate a picture by a sketch.

Especially, to give a suggestion of; serve as a reason or ground for inferring, expecting, using, etc.; also, merely suggest; hint: as, a falling barometer indicates rain or high wind; certain symptoms indicate certain remedies in the treatment of disease.

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies. Opposite of contraindicate.

To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.