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Intimation

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Etymology

[L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]

Noun

  1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  2. Announcement; declaration.
    Quotations
    • They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. — Holland.
  3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
    Quotations
    • Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. — Bp. Burnet.
    • At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter. — 1862 Thoreau, Walking.

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The noun "intimation" has two senses:

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