connote

verb4

1. •
   To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   • Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
2. •
   To express without overt reference; to imply.
3. •
   To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   • Poverty connotes hunger.
4. •
   To require as a logical predicate to consequence.