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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intimation \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intimation n 1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" [syn: {hint}, {breath}] 2: a slight suggestion; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: {inkling}]
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