Definition of "denote"

denote

/dɪˈnəʊt/

verb
third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted
1. (transitive) To indicate; to mark.
  Quotations
  together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly
  c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 1, scene 2; republished as Hamlet, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992, page 9
  The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.
  1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73
2. (transitive) To make overt.
3. (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning.