Main Entry: con·note

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈnōt, kä-\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 connotes> b : to imply as a logical connotation