Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-NOTE', v.t. [L. denoto; de and noto, to note or mark; Fr. denoter; Sp. denotar; It. denotare.]

1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to express. The character X denotes multiplication. – Day's Algebra.
2. To show; to betoken, to indicate, as, a quick pulse denotes fever.