transitive. To utter or communicate in an undertone or whisper, to hint, give a hint of. In quot. 1340 –70 ‘to inkle the truth’…

To lead to (something) as a conclusion or inference; to lead one to infer; to suggest, imply. Obsolete.

transitive. To suggest, hint, hint at. Also with subordinate clause, or object and complement.

transitive. To hint at. Obsolete. rare.

To convey (a statement or notion) by indirect suggestion; to hint obliquely: now generally with implication of cunning or underhand action.

With reference to discourse: To pass quickly over, glide from, off (a subject). to glance at (upon,†against): to allude or refer to obliquely or…

To put (something) improperly into some position; to insinuate (quot. 1574); esp. in thrust in, to introduce irrelevantly, interpolate.

To express indirectly; to insinuate, hint at.

transitive. To draw or describe in outline; to sketch out; to indicate faintly. In later use also more generally: to describe, state.

To make known or communicate by any means however indirect; hence, to signify, indicate; to imply, to suggest, to hint at.

transitive. To intimate, hint.

To touch obliquely; to graze, barely touch; figurative to glance at, allude to. Obsolete.

transitive. To prompt, suggest. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To mention briefly or in passing; to touch on, hint at, or allude to. Obsolete.

intransitive. To hint at something. Obsolete.

transitive. To insinuate; to suggest indirectly. Obsolete.

transitive. To include; to contain, imply. esp. To contain implicitly; to include as a necessary (and therefore unexpressed) feature, circumstance…

transitive. To insinuate by equivocation.

transitive. To give a hint of; to suggest or indicate slightly, so that one's meaning may be caught by the intelligent. with simple object.

transitive. To indicate indirectly; to hint at.

intransitive. hint at: to make a slight, but intelligible suggestion of; = 1a.

To give a hint or inkling of, without plain or direct expression or explanation.

To state or express, esp. to express briefly, lightly, or without detail or development; to give an indication of.

To give an inkling of, hint. rare.

intransitive. colloquial. To mean or intend; to hint, imply. Usually in interrogative clauses, as what are you getting at?