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connotate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /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.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare) A meaning or thing connotated.

Forms

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connotates Number=Plur lexicographic

connotate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /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.

Meanings

  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. 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 ...:

Forms

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connotates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
connotating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
connotated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
connotated Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

connotative · connotation