Thus in our former example, All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal, the subject and predicate of the major premiss are connotative terms, denoting objects and Connoting attributes.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
Intelligence as Connoting purposive action remains as much a fact as gravity or chemical attraction, and continues valid concerning the phenomena it is intended to cover.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen
When the positive name is connotative, the corresponding negative name is connotative likewise; but in a peculiar way, Connoting not the presence but the absence of an attribute.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill