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noun - The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
- Announcement; declaration.
- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. — Holland.
- A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
- 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 w:Henry David Thoreau, Thoreau, http://wikisource.org/wiki/Walking Walking.
Etymology: L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.
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