单词 | intimation |
释义 | intimationn. 1. a. The action of intimating, making known, or announcing; formal notification or announcement; †formerly, declaration (of war). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] warningc1386 knowinga1398 notice1415 notification1415 advisement?a1425 advertisement1426 intimation1442 advertising1525 note1597 card1761 society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > declaration of war declaration of wara1387 intimation1548 1442–3 in J. Raine Corr. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 148 Discorde heirupon raysit..I made til hym intimacion of my richts be ȝour lettres. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxiiij The defiaunce, dooen by your Herault as a paremptory intimacion of warre. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1316 They made an edict, with an intimation, that whosoever killed a storke should be banished. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 518 I therefore give this intimation, because..it is the interest of the Nation..to be informed of abuses in their Factories. 1830 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 234 As soon as his body was found, intimation was sent to his sons at Balmaclellan. 1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 393 My acknowledgement of the intimation of her uncle's death. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 471 Intimation is a step necessary in certain circumstances for the complete transference of a right. b. Law. Notification of a requirement made by law, coupled with an announcement of the penalty that will be incurred in case of default. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > notification monitionc1460 signification1533 warning1579 garnishment1585 intimation1632 factorizing1809 originating notice1881 legal1896 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 263 Elizabeth Holland a woman of ill reporte and her husband were called upon an intimation of 100 l. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 59 Craving Precepts or Letters of Intimation, for intimating to his Majesty's Advocate..to fix a Day for his Trial, within sixty Days next after the Intimation, under the Pains and Certifications contained in the Statute. 2. The action of making known or expressing merely; an expression by sign or token, an indication; a suggestion, a hint. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxi. sig. Li The associatinge of man & woman in daunsing..was nat begonne without a speciall consideration, as well for the necessarye coniunction of those two persones, as for the intimation of sondry vertues. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §9 Where he doth give the least intimation of Manetho being elder then Alexander, I am yet to seek. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 23 He..felt from time to time some slight pains or intimations of pain. 1815 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 345 (title of poem) Intimations of immortality from recollections of early childhood. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 404 I have often had intimations in dreams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1442 |
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