Denotate
/ˈdɛnəʊteɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To mark off; to denote. archaic
"Thoſe termes of all and for ever in ſcripture, are not eternall, but onely denotate a longer time, which by many examples they prove."
Example
More examples"Thoſe termes of all and for ever in ſcripture, are not eternall, but onely denotate a longer time, which by many examples they prove."
Etymology
First attested in 1597; either borrowed from Latin dēnotātus, perfect passive participle dēnotō (“to mark, observe”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) or a back-formation from denotation. Doublet of denote.