He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.
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Signifies
//ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪz//
Synonyms for "signifies" (130 found)
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importimpressindicateinsinuateintendintimateinvolvemake knownmanifestmarkmattermentionnamenotepick outpin downpoint outpoint toprefigurepreindicate
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presignpresignalpresignifypretypifypurportreferrefer torepresentrevealsayselectsetset forthshowshow signs ofsignsignalsignalizespeakspeak for itselfspeak volumesspecializespecifyspellstandstand forstand outstarstatestipulatesuggestsymbolizesymptomatizesymptomizetelltend to showtestifytokentypifyweigh
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Taking too many selfies signifies a lack of sex.
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An ICANN domain signifies an IP address to a DNS server.
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