Indicate
Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.
Spell
Spell verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.
Usage example: that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble
Indicate is a synonym for spell in mean topic. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Spell", if it concerns topics such as indication.
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His raise-undead magic that spans across the entire continent, as well as a possible self-resurrection spell, seems to indicate as such.
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Calling Card: The Death Eaters have a spell they use to indicate they had murdered another wizard.
- The spell, as its name might indicate, makes the individual functionally immortal, whilst being in perpetual agony.
Source: And I Must Scream / Web Original
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