connote

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How tremendously much they might connote, the visitor as a business man and a politician thoroughly appreciated, and his imagination did the occasion something more than justice.

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  1. transitive verb To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning: "The term 'liberal arts' connotes a certain elevation above utilitarian concerns” (George F. Will). See Usage Note at denote.
  2. transitive verb To have as a related or attendant condition: For a political leader, hesitation is apt to connote weakness.

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  • It doesn't look like something else; it's not meant to connote, be metaphorical in terms of images of something it's not. —  Omni: September 1993
  • Peavy had been previously charged with indecent exposure, but this could have meant a number of things less pervy than the words connote - like gay cruising or having to resort to peeing al fresco after not being allowed in a whites only bathroom. —  LAist
  • (Judging by the poster, that name is supposed to connote zombies, not porn.) —  Pitchfork: Latest News
  • Even the terms connote sex: "rear naked choke hold," "top, bottom and mounted" positions.
  • It does not connote a stronger-than-normal grip pressure.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin connotāre, to mark along with : Latin com-, com- + Latin notāre, to mark (from nota, mark; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Spanish connotar, from Middle Latin connotare, connote, from Latin com-, together, + notare, mark, note: see note, v., and cf. connotate.
 

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