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Con"no*tate (?), v. t. [L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond.

Con`no*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. connotation.] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

Con*no"ta*tive (? or ?), a. 1. Implying something additional; illative.

2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote.

Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.

Con*no"ta*tive*ly, adv. In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.

Con*note" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Connoting.] [See Connotate, and Note.] 1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute.

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.

Con*nu"bi*al (#), a. [L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital.] Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton.

Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith.

Con*nu`bi*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.

Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens.

Con*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [LL. connumeratio, fr. L. connumerare, - numeratum, to number with.] A reckoning together. [R.] Porson.

Con"nu*sance (?), n. (Law) See Cognizance. [Obs.]

Con"nu*sant (#), a. (Law) See Cognizant. [Obs.]

Con`nu*sor" (#), n. (Law) See Cognizor. [Obs.]

Con`nu*tri"tious (#), a. Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. [Obs.] Crabb.

Con"ny (?), a. [√45. Cf. Canny, Gunning.] Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Co"no*dont (kō"n&osl;*d&obreve;nt), n. [Gr. kw^nos cone + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zo÷l.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Co"noid (kō"noid), n. [Gr. kwnoeidh`s conical; kw^nos cone + e'i^dos form: cf. F. cono´de.] 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

2. (Geom.) (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc. (b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane. Math. Dict.

Co"noid a. Resembling a cone; conoidal.

Co*noid"al (#), a. [Cf. F. cono´dal.] Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.

{ Co*noid"ic (?), Co*noid"ic*al (?) }, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.

Co*nom`i*nee" (?), n. One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.