connotate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnəteɪt/

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Verb

connotate (third-person singular simple present connotates, present participle connotating, simple past and past participle connotated)

1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.
   • 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Lees of Happiness:

     George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.

   • 1965, Herman Lawrence Zillmer, A Study of the Use of the Symbol in the Dramatic Aesthetics ...:

     A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.

Related terms

• connotation
• connotative

Noun

connotate (plural connotates)

1. (obsolete, rare) A meaning or thing connotated.

References

• “connotate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

connotate

1. inflection of connotare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

connotate f pl

1. feminine plural of connotato

Anagrams

• contenato, cotonante

Spanish

Verb

connotate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of connotar combined with te