connote
verb (used with object)
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning.
had connoted
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past perfectof connote.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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With her the word "ranch" had connoted large prairie areas, bald landscapes, herds of cattle, lonely horsemen, buildings more or less ugly, unrelieved by any special surroundings.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
