Definitions for: Connote

[v] express or state indirectly
[v] involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

Webster (1913) Definition: Con*note", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connoted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Connoting.] [See Connotate, and Note.]
1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional;
to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to
imply.

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a
certain suitableness of it to some other thing.
--South.

2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute.

The word ``white'' denotes all white things, as
snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies,
or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the
attribute ``whiteness.'' --J. S. Mill.

Synonyms: imply, predicate

See Also: evince, express, show

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