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verb

Denote v. t. (past & past part. denoted; pres. part. denoting)

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. "The better to denote her to the doctor."

To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. "A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort."

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Etymology of 'Denote'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... another. That doing good is clearly a duty devolving upon man, there can be no question. The benevolent Creator, in placing man in the world, endowed him with mental and physical energies, which clearly denote that he is to be active in his day ...

— Friends and Neighbors - or Two Ways of Living in the World • Anonymous

... forward to second them by arbitrary and heartless rules of our own? What crime is imputable to the family of this youth beyond that of poverty, which probably drove the first of his race to the execution of their revolting office. There is little in the mien or morals of Sigismund to denote the visitations of Heaven's wise decrees, but there is everything in his present situation to proclaim the injustice ...

— The Headsman - The Abbaye des Vignerons • James Fenimore Cooper

... acquaintance Prajapati? His name must give us pause. The most simple explanation of it is that it is a family name: as Karshnayana means a member of the Krishna-family and Ranayana a man belonging to the family of Rana, so Narayana would naturally denote a person of the family of Nara. But Nara itself signifies a man: is the etymology therefore reduced to absurdity? Not at all: Nara is also used as a proper name, as we shall see.[21] Probably the ...

— Hindu Gods And Heroes - Studies in the History of the Religion of India • Lionel D. Barnett

... a land-tenure existing chiefly in Kent; from 16th century often used to denote custom of dividing a deceased man's property equally among his ...

— The Poetaster - Or, His Arraignment • Ben Jonson

... being the first degree in the law conferred by the inns of court. Spelman defines apprentice, tyro, discipulus, novitius in aliqua facultate. This was probably the meaning of the term primarily; but as early as the reign of Edward I, it was employed to denote counsel below the state and degree of serjeant at law; one degree corresponding to that of bachelor, and the other to that of doctor, in the universities (Pearce's History of the Inns of Court, 28). Lord Coke informs us, however, that this degree ...

— An Essay on Professional Ethics - Second Edition • George Sharswood

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