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denote, v.|dɪˈnəʊt|
[a. F. dénote-r (Oresme, 14th c.), ad. L. dēnōtāre to mark out, f. de- I. 3 + nōtāre to mark, note.]
†1. trans. To note down; to put into or state in writing; to describe. Obs.
1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. (1876) 40 A most copious Regester, wherein are denoted and set downe the liues and actions of all the inhabitants of the earth. 1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 255 Which particulars, by my owne experience, I could denote. 1638H. Rider Horace, Odes ii. vi, Who worthily can with his pen denote Mars? 1697C'tess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 32, I cannot find Words to denote to you the Horror of this Spectacle.
2. To mark; to mark out (from among others); to distinguish by a mark or sign.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. vi. 39 Her Mother hath intended (The better to denote her to the Doctor)..That quaint in greene, she shall be loose en-roab'd. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xviii, Sun Dialls, by the shadow of a stile or gnomon denoting the hours of the day. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 343 This line shall be the Equinoctial line, and serve to denote the Hour Distances, as the Contingent Lines does on other Dyals. c1820S. Rogers Italy, Luigi 40 The latin verse, Graven in the stone that yet denotes the door Of Ariosto. 1885Act 48 Vict. c. 15 Sched. ii. 6 Such entry shall in the register be denoted by an asterisk.
†b. To point out as by a mark, to indicate, to designate. Obs.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 435 The Priests as fearefull of the Ministers apprehending, or denoting them. 1701tr. Le Clerc's Prim. Fathers (1702) 131 [Athanasius] had been denoted several times by this Bishop for his Successor.
3. To be the outward or visible mark or sign of, to indicate (a fact, state of things, etc.).
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. iii. 110 Thy wild acts denote The vnreasonable Furie of a beast. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 182 The appearances which denoted her greatnesse. 1666Pepys Diary 29 July, We keep the sea, which denotes a victory. 1766Anstey Bath Guide ii. x. (1779) 90 What can a man of true fashion denote Like an ell of good ribbon ty'd under the throat? 1814Southey Roderick xiii, A messenger..whose speed denoted well He came with urgent tidings. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 22 Medals..denoting Crimean service. Mod. A quick pulse denotes fever. A falling barometer denotes an approaching storm.
b. To indicate, give to understand, make known.
1660Willsford Scales Comm. 13 In this 'tis Moneths, as the Letter M denotes. a1677Barrow Wks. (1687) I. 423 He hath given to the poor. These words denote the freeness of his bounty. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 139 All which serve only to denote the resort which the Romans had to this place. 1749Smollett Regicide iv. vii, Thou hast enough Denoted thy concern. 1812–16J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 524 Horizontally [in a table] opposite the sulphuric acid is placed magnesia, to denote that it is presented to that acid.
4. To signify; to stand for as a symbol, or as a name or expression; also,
b. (of a person) to express by a symbol.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 405 The two strokes denoting an Hyphen. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 262 (R.) Deus Ipse, God himself, denotes the Supreme God only. 1711Hearne Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) III. 227 The Sun is sometimes put upon Coyns to denote Providence. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. x. 262 The word clerk..came to denote an officer in the law. a1804W. Gilpin Serm. I. xviii. (R.), The filthiness of flesh and spirit, is a general expression to denote wickedness of every kind. 1871B. Stewart Heat §63 Then D V P (according to Boyle's law) will denote the mass. 1873Act 36–7 Vict. c. 85 §3 The number denoting her registered tonnage shall be cut in on her main beam.
b.1871B. Stewart Heat §24 Let us denote by unity the whole volume of [etc.]. 1882Minchin Unipl. Kinemat. 92 Denote by (X) the area of the path of P.
5. Logic. To designate or be a name of; to be predicated of. (Used by Mill, in distinction from connote.)
1843Mill Logic i. ii. §5 The word white denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc. and..connotes the attribute whiteness. Ibid., A connotative name ought to be considered a name of all the various individuals which it is predicable of, or in other words denotes, and not of what it connotes. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. ii. §42 We can do no more than ignore the connotation of the words, and attend only to the things they avowedly denote.
Hence deˈnoting ppl. a.
1887Athenæum 29 Jan. 157/3 The denoting difference between class 1 and class 3 is the same as the denoting difference between class 2 and class 4. |