denotate

verb /ˈdɛnəʊteɪt/

1. To mark off; to denote.

   archaic

   Thoſe termes of all and for ever in ſcripture, are not eternall, but onely denotate a longer time, which by many examples they prove.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1597; either borrowed from Latin dēnotātus, perfect passive participle dēnotō (“to mark, observe”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) or a back-formation from denotation. Doublet of denote.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry denotate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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