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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
connote /kəˈnəʊt/

▶verb (of a word) imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or primary meaning.

■ imply as a consequence or condition.

– derivatives
connotative /ˈkɒnəteɪtɪv, kəˈnəʊtətɪv/ adjective.

– origin C17: from med. L. connotare ‘mark in addition’, from con- ‘together with’ + notare ‘to note’.

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