Shak.
5. An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative
token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of
one's activity or character.
The confusion of tongues was a mark of separation.
Bacon.
6. That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one
seeks to hit or reach.
France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland.
Davies.
Whate'er the motive, pleasure is the mark.
Young.