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connotate

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnəteɪt/

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote.

  1. A meaning or thing connotated.

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote.

  1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.

    George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.

    A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.