† connotaten.
Obsolete.
A meaning or thing connotated.
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the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > [noun] > that which is implied
connotate1697
connotation1867
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 74 Repeating still the same former Notion with the Connotate of Foreknown.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 143 A Power to Revive Perceptions, with a Connotate annext.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† connotatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. = connote v. 1.
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the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > connote [verb (transitive)]
connotate1596
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > have hidden meaning
import?a1425
imply1529
inferc1530
report1565
connotate1596
connote1664
1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery i. iii. iv. 101 They connotate, 490. yeares.
1609 T. Bell Christian Dial. 124 The inward man doth connotate the soule, and the outward man the body.
a1679 T. Goodwin Wks. (R.) III. i. 256 (R.) His repentance was withall significantly connotated thereby.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 51 'Tis impossible to conceive Humanity, for Example, without connotating Homo its Suppositum.
2. Of things or facts; = connote v. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > have hidden meaning > implying consequence
connotate1640
connote1656
connotationa1676
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xl. 519 Law and Punishment being Relatives, and mutually connotating each the other.
1654 H. Hammond Misc. Theol. Wks. (1847) II. 149 God's foreseeing doth not include or connotate predetermining, any more than I decree with my intellect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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