Literary notes about Denote (AI summary)
The term "denote" functions as a critical marker in literature, serving to assign specific meaning or representation to words and symbols. It is used in scholarly works to indicate precise functions in grammar and rhetoric, such as when linguistic accents or qualities are identified ([1], [2]). In historical and philosophical texts, it elucidates abstract concepts—ranging from the cultural sum of human achievements to particular stages in processes or experiences ([3], [4]). Even in poetry and narrative, the word is employed to pinpoint subtle distinctions, whether denoting belongings, actions, or even metaphorical ideas ([5], [6]). This versatile usage underlines its importance as a tool for clarifying meaning across various academic and literary disciplines ([7], [8]).
- Hence many modern writers prefer to use Arsis to denote the accented, and Thesis the unaccented, part of the foot.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - The ablative with an adjective in agreement or with a limiting genitive is used to denote quality, either predicatively or attributively: as, ( a. )
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - By the word "civilization" or "culture" we denote usually the sum of all the acquirements at a given time of the human intelligence.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - For all the ideas of bodies, which we possess, denote rather the actual disposition of our own body (II. xvi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - His mind Made revelations undesigned, Of what he thought and what believed, A dagger, asterisk, or note Interrogation to denote.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin - Ashes denote that fire was; Respect the grayest pile For the departed creature's sake
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson - It has been my aim to denote the fundamental principles upon which to work, and to indicate the general rules to be followed.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The word absolute is at present frequently used to denote that something can be predicated of a thing considered in itself and intrinsically.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
