To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context).
To predict or foresee.
That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.
To mean; to betoken.
To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).
To create a sign out of something.
To give (something) a meaning or an importance.