kəˈnōt, (ˈ)kä|nōt, usu -ōd.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin connotare, from Latin com- + notare to mark, note — more at note
1. of a word or phrase
a. : to signify in addition to its exact explicit meaning
the word home usually connotes comfort and security
b. : to have as the sum of meanings : mean , signify
to some Bohemian connotes a slovenly crank
anabolism is a word used to connote building up or assimilative processes — C.H.Best & N.B.Taylor
2.
a. : to arouse as an inseparably associated idea or feeling : imply , suggest
unless a few desiccated potted palms connote the Orient — Truman Capote
b. : to be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant
guilt usually connotes suffering
3. logic : to imply, indicate, or involve as an attribute : bear as connotation — contrasted with denote
the word white denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and implies, or, as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute whiteness — J.S.Mill