v.
Pronunciation: k ə - ' n ō t, kä-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: con · not · ed ; con · not · ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin connotare, from Latin com- + notare to note
Date: 1665
1 : to be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant <the remorse so often connoted by guilt>
2 a : to convey in addition to exact explicit meaning <all the misery that poverty connote s > b : to imply as a logical connotation