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third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted
(transitive) To indicate; to mark. quotations examples
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
(transitive) To make overt. examples
(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning. examples