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con•note
Pronunciation: (ku-nōt'), [key]
—v., -not•ed, -not•ing.
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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.
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v.i.
to have significance only by association, as with another word:
Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.