intimation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intimation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intimation n an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" Synonym(s): hint, intimation, breath a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" Synonym(s): inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intimation \In`tima"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.