connotate
nounEtymology 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.
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.
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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.1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Lees of Happiness:
- A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.1965, Herman Lawrence Zillmer, A Study of the Use of the Symbol in the Dramatic Aesthetics ...:
- Related terms
- connotation, connotative