connotate
verb
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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.
- 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.
- 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.”