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connotate

verb
/ˈkɒnəteɪt/

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. borrowed from connotātus

Definitions

  1. To 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.

  2. A meaning or thing connotated.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for connotate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA