/keuh noht"/ , v. , connoted, connoting .
v.t.
1. to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning: The word "fireplace" often connotes hospitality, warm comfort, etc.
2. to involve as a condition or accompaniment: Injury connotes pain.
v.i.
3. to have significance only by association, as with another word: Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote.
[ 1645-55; connotare, equiv. to L con- CON- + notare to NOTE ]
Syn. 1. intimate, imply.