Denote1. (v. t.) To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.
2. (v. t.) To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
Thesaurus Entries
add up to, advert to, allude to, announce, approve, argue, attest, be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, be taken as, bespeak, betoken, breathe, characterize, connote, demonstrate, denominate, designate, differentiate, disclose, display, distinguish, emblematize, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, figure, finger, furnish evidence, give evidence, give indication of, give token, go to show, highlight, hint, identify, illustrate, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, involve, manifest, mark, mean, name, note, pick out, point at, point out, point to, prove, refer to, represent, reveal, select, set forth, show, show signs of, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak volumes, specify, spell, stand for, stigmatize, suggest, symbol, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, tell, tend to show, testify, typify