Defn: Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are preëminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.
DENOTE
De*note", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting.]
Etym: [L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf.
F. dénoter. See Note.]
1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak.
2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. Gilpin.
DENOTEMENT
De*note"ment, n.
Defn: Sign; indication. [R.]
Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
DENOTIVE
De*not"ive, a.
Defn: Serving to denote.
DENOUEMENT Dé`noue`ment", n. Etym: [F. dénouement, fr. dénouer to untie; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]