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Among the early settlers, failure "connoted weakness of will or defect of soul".
Once it connoted curry and the Notting Hill carnival; these days, when applied to British politicians or their policies, "multiculturalist" is almost as derogatory a term as "socialist" or "neocon".
This identification of Jesus with the logos is based on Old Testament concepts of revelation, such as occurs in the frequently used phrase "the Word of the Lord"—which connoted ideas of God's activity and power and the Jewish view that Wisdom is the divine agent that draws man to God and is identified with the word of God.
Internationally, it connoted the recognition of the dominions (except Newfoundland) as separate states, entitled to separate representation in the League of Nations and other international bodies, to appoint their own ambassadors, and to conclude their own treaties.
The term behavioral sciences suggests an approach that is more experimental than that connoted by the older term social sciences.
Whig whatever its origin in Scottish Gaelic was a term applied to horse thieves and, later, to Scottish Presbyterians; it connoted nonconformity and rebellion and was applied to those who claimed the power of excluding the heir from the throne.
In fact, the term Chichimeca was also applied to agricultural but less civilized peoples (such as the Otomí in central Mexico) and thus connoted a lack of polish or a rustic life-style.
For thousands of years the word gold has connoted something of beauty or value.
In fact, the transition from Renaissance to modern sports can be seen in a semantic shift; the word measure, which once connoted a sense of balance and proportion, began to refer almost exclusively to numerical measurements.
Sagan, who was born in 1934, was a scientist of the Apollo era, when the year 2001 connoted not terror but Stanley Kubrick's vision of a lone astronaut journeying deep into space, in pursuit of expansive enlightenment.
Edgeworth is practically a museum-worthy example of what is connoted by the word "professorial": at fifty-six, hashas white hair and parchment skin, he wears tweed, and he speaks with great precision.
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The primary grammatical function of "connoted" is as the past tense of the verb 'connote' , indicating the action of suggesting or implying something beyond the literal meaning. Ludwig provides examples of how "connoted" is used to describe the associations or implications a word or phrase carries.
Expression frequency: Very common
