Definition of Intimetion
In`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L.
intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
1. The act of intimating; also, the thing
intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration.
Macaulay.
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.
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the
least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp.
Burnet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
- Announcement; declaration.
Quotations
*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.
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, .
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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