Definition of "connoted" [connoted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of connote. (verb)

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• "Under the Former Han, the term connoted a family that was pure and blameless — that is, one not engaged in unacceptable occupations such as trade, medicine, or manufacturing. 54 Such families did not need to have high social status. 55"
• "Sherston was a widower, though he never used the word, even in his innermost heart, for to him the term connoted something slightly absurd, and he was sensitive to ridicule."
• "There was a time when the term connoted qualities we admire in this country: strength, courage, sense of adventure, stoicism; risk-taking."