connote

To connote is defined as to suggest or convey an additional meaning or a special importance to the usual meaning of a specific word.

(verb)

An example of to connote is to imply many qualities about a relationship by calling someone your partner.

See connote in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb connoted, connoting

to suggest or convey (associations, overtones, etc.) in addition to the explicit, or denoted, meaning: the word “mother” means “female parent,” but it generally connotes love, care, tenderness, etc.
to imply or involve as a result, accompaniment, etc.

Origin: ML connotare < L com-, together + notare, to mark: see note

See connote in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb con·not·ed, con·not·ing, con·notes

To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning: “The term ‘liberal arts’ connotes a certain elevation above utilitarian concerns” (George F. Will). See Usage Note at denote.
To have as a related or attendant condition: For a political leader, hesitation is apt to connote weakness.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin connotāre, to mark along with

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + Latin notāre, to mark (from nota, mark; see gnō- in Indo-European roots)

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