Connotate
//ˈkɒnəteɪt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A meaning or thing connotated. obsolete, rare
Verb
- 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."
Example
More examples"George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one."
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.
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