earnest

indicate; be the sign of; denote, betoken; argue, testify (evidence); bear the impress of; connote, connotate., represent, stand for; typify (prefigure); symbolize., put an indication, put a mark; note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype., make a sign signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, "suit the action to the word" [Hamlet]., wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry., sign, seal, attest (evidence); underline (give importance to); call attention to (attention); give notice (inform).