denote

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DENOTE, verb transitive [Latin To note or mark.] 1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to express. The character X denotes multiplication. 2. To show; to betoken; to indicate; as, a quick pulse denotes fever.
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