See indicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
indicate argue attest bespeak betoken testify witness
These verbs mean to give grounds for supposing or inferring the existence or presence of something: a fever indicating illness; a shabby house that argues poverty; paintings that attest the artist's genius; disorder that bespeaks negligence; melting snows that betoken spring floods; a comment testifying ignorance; a stunned silence that witnessed his shock.
See indicate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make known or identify, as by signs:
denote, designate, mark, point out, show, specify. See showTo give a precise indication of, as on a register or scale:
mark, read, record, register, show. See showTo give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:
argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, mark, point to, testify, witness. See showTo lead to by logical inference:
imply, point to, suggest. See meaning
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