Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Denote

Denote , transitive verb

[Latin denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: compare French 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. — Shakespeare
2.
To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. — Gilpin