Intimation

Definitions

1. The act of intimating.
2. The thing intimated.
3. Announcement; declaration.
4. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.

Equivalents

Examples

“They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.”

“Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.”

“At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear⟳ as much higher to the American mind⟳, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.”

“And actually I had important intimations to communicate as he faced the end⟳. But intimations weren't much use⟳.”

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