[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connote \connote"\ ko^nn=ot", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   connoted; p. pr.  vb. n. connoting. see connotate,
   and cote.
   1. to mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional;
      to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to
      imply.
      1913 webster

            good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a
            certain suitableness of it to some other thing.
                                                  --south.
      1913 webster

   2. logic to imply as an attribute.
      1913 webster

            the word "white" denotes all white things, as snow,
            paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as
            it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the
            attribute "whiteness."                --j. s. mill.
      1913 webster
see also:
connoted connoting connotate cote 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

connote
     v 1: express or state indirectly syn: imply
     2: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in
        logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding
        it well" syn: predicate
see also:
imply predicate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "connote":
   add up to, allegorize, allude to, approve, argue, assume, attest,
   be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of,
   be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, breathe, bring to mind,
   characterize, demonstrate, denominate, denote, differentiate,
   disclose, display, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express,
   furnish evidence, give evidence, give indication of, give token,
   go to show, highlight, hint, identify, illustrate, implicate,
   imply, import, indicate, infer, insinuate, intend, intimate,
   involve, manifest, mark, mean, mean to say, note,
   point indirectly to, point to, presume, presuppose, refer to,
   reveal, set forth, show, show signs of, signalize, signify,
   speak for itself, speak volumes, spell, stand for, suggest,
   suppose, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, take for granted,
   tell, tend to show, testify

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