English

Noun

intimation ‎(plural intimations)

1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

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

3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
   • (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/Bishop Gilbert Burnet|find and add]] a quotation of Bishop Gilbert Burnet to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/Bishop Gilbert Burnet|INTIMATION]]

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

   • 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:

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

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