insinuatev.

/ɪnˈsɪnjuːeɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s (transmission error) insumate, 1500s–1600s insinuat.

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin insinuāre, < in- (in- prefix³) + sinuāre to bend in windings, to curve. Nearly all the English senses were already in Latin; the figurative senses of the Latin were the first to be adopted in English: see 5, 6, 7.

a. transitive. To introduce tortuously, sinuously, indirectly, or by devious methods; to introduce by imperceptible degrees or subtle means.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > indirectly or covertly

shuffle1565

wind?1570

wriggle1599

insinuate1610

slidea1631

slip1688

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App., Pref. Nor is it harder to phansie, how these Præexistent Souls insinuate into Seed, Embryos, or Infants, then how Created ones are insinuated.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 146 Open the pores of our bodyes by heat and then insinuate the malignant influences.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 744 These Philosophers concluded concerning Souls, that..they were Insinuated or Introduced into Bodies, in Generations.

1746 G. Berkeley Let. to Prior 20 May in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) viii. 316 The insinuating of such salts into the wood.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. lxxvi. 185 Trees, which insinuate their roots into the fissures, are seen in all the lower parts of the mountains.

1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 3 There are poisons so destructive that a single drop insinuated into the veins produces death in three minutes.

1852 J. L. Motley Let. 22 June in Corr. (1889) I. v. 133 Our street was narrow, and the machine could by no possibility be insinuated therein.

figurative.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xxxv. 724 That booke [sc. Malachi] insinuateth the New Testament.

b. reflexive. To introduce oneself, make one's way, or penetrate, by sinuous or subtle ways.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > surreptitiously or subtly

wringa1525

shuffle1565

wreathea1571

insinuate1598

conveya1656

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate

insinuate1598

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 556 There is ayer also, which insinuating it selfe by passages, and holes, into the very bowels of the earth, doeth puffe vp the nourishment of so huge a fire.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 513 Mediterranean..in many places he insinuates himselfe within the Land by Gulfes or Bayes, twining his loving armes about.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 210 This wet insinuates itself very easily between the husks.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iii. 19 Having insinuated himself into the chamber.

1895 in Westm. Gaz. 30 May 2/2 Enormous creepers insinuated themselves everywhere.

†c. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > surreptitiously or subtly

to steal (some one or something) ina1555

shuffle1565

slink1567

to come in at (also by) the window1590

insinuate1600

wimble1605

screw1614

sneak1680

oil1925

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xli. 1197 The Romanes espied where there was a breach made and lane left between, and there they would insinuate and wind in with their rankes and files.

1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 28 The Plague gradually insinuated, and crept downe Holborne and the Strand.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 348 Close the Serpent sly Insinuating, wove with Gordian twine His breaded train.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World v. 157 The Water, where it could insinuate and make its way.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 209 The air..is forced out of the substances into which it has insinuated.

a. transitive. To introduce (a person) by sinuous, stealthy, or artful ways into some position or relation; esp. reflexive to worm oneself in, or make one's way sinuously or stealthily into the company, society, favour, affection, etc. of another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > insinuate [verb (reflexive)]

insinuate1578

filch?1589

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > introduce

to steal (some one or something) ina1555

insinuate1578

filch?1589

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate > of a person

ingyre1513

thrust1530

wind1548

wreathea1571

insinuate1578

screw1602

foist1603

wimble1605

wriggle1670

worm1711

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 53^v When their sonnes shall insinuate [printed insumate] themselues in the companye of flatterers.

1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 39^v I sent him twoe sutes of apparel..the better to insinuate my self into his friendshippe.

1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 136 Then they petition against strangers..and insinuated their chief Demagogues to the places of greatest Honour and Trust in the Countrey.

1755 Man No. 21. ⁋6 She knows extremely well how to insinuate herself.

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. xix. 299 The Duke of Bourbon insinuated himself so adroitly with the young..King as to establish himself Prime Minister.

1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xx. 503 Those who, by flattery and other mean arts, were accustomed to insinuate themselves to the tables of other men.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics ix. 198 They insinuated themselves into families to betray them.

†b. intransitive (for reflexive). To work or wheedle oneself into, to ingratiate oneself with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)]

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B8^v Now Madam must you insinuate with the King, And tell him that tis for his Countries good.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 38 To see so great a Lord, Baselie insinuate and send vs gifts.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 70 One Angell insinuated to conuerse with a Woman; and so deceiued her to a desperate Fall.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 5 He soon insinuated into the favour of Dionysius.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 88 With what Address he insinuated into her weakest Part.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 55 To keep in fee some discreet..matron, who may insinuate into her acquaintance.

a. reflexive. Of an immaterial thing: To instil itself subtly; to win or gain a way for itself into men's minds, favour, or notice.

ΚΠ

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 61 There is no particular euill which hath not some appearance of goodness whereby to insinuate it selfe.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §2 The novelty and pleasingness of Musick and Poetry did presently insinuate its self into the minds of men.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 449 A pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men.

1841 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy: Gen. Views Hist. & Lit. I. i. 11 That spirit of scholastic erudition which insinuated itself into Italian literature.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 284 Saner thoughts begin to insinuate themselves.

†b. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > be infused or introduced into [verb (intransitive)] > intrude

obtrudea1575

insinuate1601

screw1614

worm1627

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 372 Things plausible to the world crept and insinuated farther into the heart of man.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 306 To bring them off with Conscience, and (which insinuates into all men) some little Reputation.

†4. transitive. To draw, win, or attract (a person, etc.) subtly or covertly to or unto something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > subtly or deceptively

bicharrec1175

inveigle1549

stale1557

entrap1566

to link in1592

solicit1592

beguile1594

insinuate1594

cozen1599

milka1625

trick1707

veigle1745

1594 J. P. (title) Dame Helen Branch, by whose godly and virtuous life virgins are insinuated to virtue, wives to faithfulness, and widows to Christian contemplation (Latham).

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 143 To reobtaine his principalitie hee insinuated unto his aide Porsenna King of the Tuscans.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 364 These [kinds of flattery]..do insinuate our mind, and..do inveagle to sin more effectually.

5. To introduce, convey, or impart to the mind indirectly, covertly, or privily; to infuse or instil subtly or imperceptibly.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)]

planteOE

impressc1374

insinuate1529

instil1533

implanta1541

infuse1548

still1551

breathe1561

reinstila1711

imbibe1746

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate

intruse?a1500

ingyre1513

shuffle1565

cog1570

foist1570

wind?1570

obtrudea1575

interject1588

filch?1589

intrude1592

inthrust1605

possess1606

suborna1620

inedge1632

interlopea1641

subintroducteda1641

subintroduce1643

to hedge in1664

insinuate1665

dodge1687

lug1721

assinuate1742

wriggle1766

fudge1776

intertrude1809

injeer1820

protrude1840

sniggle1881

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xxv. 36 a/1 He temperyth hys reuelacyons and in such wyse doth insinuate and inspyre them into the brestys of hys crysten people, that by the secrete instynct of the holy gost, they consent and agre to gether in one.

1553 Act 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 1 §2 A very few persons..deuised first to insinuat a scruple into the King your fathers conscience.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) A iv b On fairest pretenses, to insinuate errour about the time of Christs second comming.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ii. sig. Kk2^v Opportunity to insinuate into the minds of the people, that their Persecutors had rather see men vitious, than inquisitive.

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. viii. 263 Our Author with much address insinuates to king James the fourth an exhortation to conjugal fidelity.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 205 Under Elizabeth favourite phrases were insinuated into the dialect by over-refined travellers.

1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. ix. §8. 530 In which wisdom was to be insinuated not enforced.

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

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]

inkle1340

induce1481

alludec1487

signifya1535

insinuate1561

to glance at (upon, against)1570

thrust1574

imply1581

adumbrate1589

intimate1590

innuate?1611

glancea1616

ministera1616

perstringea1620

shadow1621

subinduce1640

involve1646

equivocate1648

hint1648

subindicate1654

hint at1697

suggest1697

indicate1751

surmise1820

to get at ——1875

1561 Throgmorton in Tytler Proofs & Illustr. vi. 467 Whatsoever the said queen shall insinuate your maj. of him.

1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 10 He can nocht cal it a General Counsel, sa he apperis to insinuat that the haly Fatheris aggreit nocht thare amangis thame selfis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 395 Sum wicket persounis clattiris behind backis, and insinuatis, how contrare thair vtilitie was that Jornay.

1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 223 Now that is said to be insinuated which is not expressly prepounded but adumbrated and obscurely indicated.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. iv. 15 Hints and allusions, expressing little, insinuating much.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 343 Was it..insinuated to you..that no felony was committed?

1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 15 Feb. 207 After so much had been said, and so much more had been insinuated, to misrepresent my own particular views.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 67 I..did not think it proper to insinuate any doubt of the fair conduct of his government.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 99 [He] delicately insinuated that the marriage would never take place.

absolute.1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 30 He must go beyond the matter and beside it, and insinuate when he was unable to assert.

7. To signify or express indirectly; to give to understand; to hint, suggest, imply. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > express indirectly, imply

insinuate1533

thrust1574

code1978

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xvii^v By these wordes..our Sauyour dyd as the olde holy doctours declare, insinuate [printed insumate] and secretelye sygnifye to theym the meat of his own blessed person.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 99^v By whiche woordes the poore man seemed to insinuate that he had byn robbed.

1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 198 It was God that talked with him, and not an angel, as the words of the text insinuate.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 161 Huge power, which is signified by the scepter; sometimes a sore hurt, which is insinuated by the serpents.

a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary (1641) i. i He did insinuate with his eyes, unto me, I should depart and leave them.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 146 The small Dart at r. insinuates, that only a small Quantity of the Tide comes into the Harbour.

1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord 1st Ser. Introd. Our metropolis and mart of gain, whereby I insinuate Glasgow.

8. Law. To enter (a deed or document) in an official register; to register; to deliver or lodge for registration. Cf. insinuation n. 6 (French insinuer, late Latin insinuāre.) ‘Still used in the Commissions issued by the Bishop of Winchester to the Deans of Jersey and Guernsey as his Commissaries.’ ( N.E.D.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > enter document on register

insinuate1529

1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 5 Every suche bysshoppe or ordynary..shall approve insynuate seale and regystre from tyme to tyme the said testamentes.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 32 Such Testaments must be insinuated to the Officiall or Commissarie of the Bishop of the Dioces within foure monethes after the death of the testator: which insinuation is appointed by Law.

Derivatives

inˈsinuated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > intrusive or intruded

intruded1562

insinuated1605

intrusive1862

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective]

covert1393

sidelinga1500

implieda1535

insinuate1534

understood1576

implicative1602

insinuated1605

reserved1607

whispered1608

interpretative1610

implicit1613

tacit1637

tacid1651

adumbrative1751

inexplicit1827

inexpress1871

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > indirectly or covertly

insinuated1828

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 338 Borrowed from such before-insinuated languages as haue no dependance on ours.

1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 23 Eminent preferments; which they too often come to, more by insinuated favour, than reall desert.

1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 192 A smile and insinuated sovereign, which purchase my lord's butler.

inˈsinuating n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > intrusion

obtrusion1606

interloping1615

intrusion1639

obtruding1641

insinuating1644

infiltration1840

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly

whisperingc1384

mustering1440

insinuation1532

implication1581

whistering1586

insinuating1644

implial1846

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2 The suttle insinuating of Error and Custome.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insinuate
释义	† insinuateadj. Etymology: < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre : see insinuant adj. and -ate suffix². Obsolete. Insinuated. (Construed as past participle or adj.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] covert1393 sidelinga1500 implieda1535 insinuate1534 understood1576 implicative1602 insinuated1605 reserved1607 whispered1608 interpretative1610 implicit1613 tacit1637 tacid1651 adumbrative1751 inexplicit1827 inexpress1871 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1292/2 The great mistery of Christes passyon..lyttle and lyttle at sundry seasons to bee sygnifyed and insinuate conueniently to man. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist Pref. I thought it worth my pains..to check the tumor of this insinuat boasting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). insinuatev. /ɪnˈsɪnjuːeɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s (transmission error) insumate, 1500s–1600s insinuat. Etymology: < participial stem of Latin insinuāre, < in- (in- prefix³) + sinuāre to bend in windings, to curve. Nearly all the English senses were already in Latin; the figurative senses of the Latin were the first to be adopted in English: see 5, 6, 7. 1. a. transitive. To introduce tortuously, sinuously, indirectly, or by devious methods; to introduce by imperceptible degrees or subtle means. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > indirectly or covertly shuffle1565 wind?1570 wriggle1599 insinuate1610 slidea1631 slip1688 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App., Pref. Nor is it harder to phansie, how these Præexistent Souls insinuate into Seed, Embryos, or Infants, then how Created ones are insinuated. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 146 Open the pores of our bodyes by heat and then insinuate the malignant influences. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 744 These Philosophers concluded concerning Souls, that..they were Insinuated or Introduced into Bodies, in Generations. 1746 G. Berkeley Let. to Prior 20 May in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) viii. 316 The insinuating of such salts into the wood. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. lxxvi. 185 Trees, which insinuate their roots into the fissures, are seen in all the lower parts of the mountains. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 3 There are poisons so destructive that a single drop insinuated into the veins produces death in three minutes. 1852 J. L. Motley Let. 22 June in Corr. (1889) I. v. 133 Our street was narrow, and the machine could by no possibility be insinuated therein. figurative.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xxxv. 724 That booke [sc. Malachi] insinuateth the New Testament. b. reflexive. To introduce oneself, make one's way, or penetrate, by sinuous or subtle ways. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > surreptitiously or subtly wringa1525 shuffle1565 wreathea1571 insinuate1598 conveya1656 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate insinuate1598 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 556 There is ayer also, which insinuating it selfe by passages, and holes, into the very bowels of the earth, doeth puffe vp the nourishment of so huge a fire. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 513 Mediterranean..in many places he insinuates himselfe within the Land by Gulfes or Bayes, twining his loving armes about. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 210 This wet insinuates itself very easily between the husks. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iii. 19 Having insinuated himself into the chamber. 1895 in Westm. Gaz. 30 May 2/2 Enormous creepers insinuated themselves everywhere. †c. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > surreptitiously or subtly to steal (some one or something) ina1555 shuffle1565 slink1567 to come in at (also by) the window1590 insinuate1600 wimble1605 screw1614 sneak1680 oil1925 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xli. 1197 The Romanes espied where there was a breach made and lane left between, and there they would insinuate and wind in with their rankes and files. 1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 28 The Plague gradually insinuated, and crept downe Holborne and the Strand. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 348 Close the Serpent sly Insinuating, wove with Gordian twine His breaded train. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World v. 157 The Water, where it could insinuate and make its way. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 209 The air..is forced out of the substances into which it has insinuated. 2. a. transitive. To introduce (a person) by sinuous, stealthy, or artful ways into some position or relation; esp. reflexive to worm oneself in, or make one's way sinuously or stealthily into the company, society, favour, affection, etc. of another. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > insinuate [verb (reflexive)] insinuate1578 filch?1589 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > introduce to steal (some one or something) ina1555 insinuate1578 filch?1589 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate > of a person ingyre1513 thrust1530 wind1548 wreathea1571 insinuate1578 screw1602 foist1603 wimble1605 wriggle1670 worm1711 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 53^v When their sonnes shall insinuate [printed insumate] themselues in the companye of flatterers. 1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 39^v I sent him twoe sutes of apparel..the better to insinuate my self into his friendshippe. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 136 Then they petition against strangers..and insinuated their chief Demagogues to the places of greatest Honour and Trust in the Countrey. 1755 Man No. 21. ⁋6 She knows extremely well how to insinuate herself. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. xix. 299 The Duke of Bourbon insinuated himself so adroitly with the young..King as to establish himself Prime Minister. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xx. 503 Those who, by flattery and other mean arts, were accustomed to insinuate themselves to the tables of other men. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics ix. 198 They insinuated themselves into families to betray them. †b. intransitive (for reflexive). To work or wheedle oneself into, to ingratiate oneself with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B8^v Now Madam must you insinuate with the King, And tell him that tis for his Countries good. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 38 To see so great a Lord, Baselie insinuate and send vs gifts. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 70 One Angell insinuated to conuerse with a Woman; and so deceiued her to a desperate Fall. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 5 He soon insinuated into the favour of Dionysius. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 88 With what Address he insinuated into her weakest Part. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 55 To keep in fee some discreet..matron, who may insinuate into her acquaintance. 3. a. reflexive. Of an immaterial thing: To instil itself subtly; to win or gain a way for itself into men's minds, favour, or notice. ΚΠ 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 61 There is no particular euill which hath not some appearance of goodness whereby to insinuate it selfe. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §2 The novelty and pleasingness of Musick and Poetry did presently insinuate its self into the minds of men. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 449 A pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men. 1841 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy: Gen. Views Hist. & Lit. I. i. 11 That spirit of scholastic erudition which insinuated itself into Italian literature. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 284 Saner thoughts begin to insinuate themselves. †b. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > be infused or introduced into [verb (intransitive)] > intrude obtrudea1575 insinuate1601 screw1614 worm1627 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 372 Things plausible to the world crept and insinuated farther into the heart of man. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 306 To bring them off with Conscience, and (which insinuates into all men) some little Reputation. †4. transitive. To draw, win, or attract (a person, etc.) subtly or covertly to or unto something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > subtly or deceptively bicharrec1175 inveigle1549 stale1557 entrap1566 to link in1592 solicit1592 beguile1594 insinuate1594 cozen1599 milka1625 trick1707 veigle1745 1594 J. P. (title) Dame Helen Branch, by whose godly and virtuous life virgins are insinuated to virtue, wives to faithfulness, and widows to Christian contemplation (Latham). 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 143 To reobtaine his principalitie hee insinuated unto his aide Porsenna King of the Tuscans. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 364 These [kinds of flattery]..do insinuate our mind, and..do inveagle to sin more effectually. 5. To introduce, convey, or impart to the mind indirectly, covertly, or privily; to infuse or instil subtly or imperceptibly. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] planteOE impressc1374 insinuate1529 instil1533 implanta1541 infuse1548 still1551 breathe1561 reinstila1711 imbibe1746 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate intruse?a1500 ingyre1513 shuffle1565 cog1570 foist1570 wind?1570 obtrudea1575 interject1588 filch?1589 intrude1592 inthrust1605 possess1606 suborna1620 inedge1632 interlopea1641 subintroducteda1641 subintroduce1643 to hedge in1664 insinuate1665 dodge1687 lug1721 assinuate1742 wriggle1766 fudge1776 intertrude1809 injeer1820 protrude1840 sniggle1881 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xxv. 36 a/1 He temperyth hys reuelacyons and in such wyse doth insinuate and inspyre them into the brestys of hys crysten people, that by the secrete instynct of the holy gost, they consent and agre to gether in one. 1553 Act 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 1 §2 A very few persons..deuised first to insinuat a scruple into the King your fathers conscience. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) A iv b On fairest pretenses, to insinuate errour about the time of Christs second comming. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ii. sig. Kk2^v Opportunity to insinuate into the minds of the people, that their Persecutors had rather see men vitious, than inquisitive. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. viii. 263 Our Author with much address insinuates to king James the fourth an exhortation to conjugal fidelity. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 205 Under Elizabeth favourite phrases were insinuated into the dialect by over-refined travellers. 1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. ix. §8. 530 In which wisdom was to be insinuated not enforced. 6. To convey (a statement or notion) by indirect suggestion; to hint obliquely: now generally with implication of cunning or underhand action. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1561 Throgmorton in Tytler Proofs & Illustr. vi. 467 Whatsoever the said queen shall insinuate your maj. of him. 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 10 He can nocht cal it a General Counsel, sa he apperis to insinuat that the haly Fatheris aggreit nocht thare amangis thame selfis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 395 Sum wicket persounis clattiris behind backis, and insinuatis, how contrare thair vtilitie was that Jornay. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 223 Now that is said to be insinuated which is not expressly prepounded but adumbrated and obscurely indicated. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. iv. 15 Hints and allusions, expressing little, insinuating much. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 343 Was it..insinuated to you..that no felony was committed? 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 15 Feb. 207 After so much had been said, and so much more had been insinuated, to misrepresent my own particular views. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 67 I..did not think it proper to insinuate any doubt of the fair conduct of his government. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 99 [He] delicately insinuated that the marriage would never take place. absolute.1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 30 He must go beyond the matter and beside it, and insinuate when he was unable to assert. 7. To signify or express indirectly; to give to understand; to hint, suggest, imply. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > express indirectly, imply insinuate1533 thrust1574 code1978 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xvii^v By these wordes..our Sauyour dyd as the olde holy doctours declare, insinuate [printed insumate] and secretelye sygnifye to theym the meat of his own blessed person. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 99^v By whiche woordes the poore man seemed to insinuate that he had byn robbed. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 198 It was God that talked with him, and not an angel, as the words of the text insinuate. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 161 Huge power, which is signified by the scepter; sometimes a sore hurt, which is insinuated by the serpents. a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary (1641) i. i He did insinuate with his eyes, unto me, I should depart and leave them. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 146 The small Dart at r. insinuates, that only a small Quantity of the Tide comes into the Harbour. 1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord 1st Ser. Introd. Our metropolis and mart of gain, whereby I insinuate Glasgow. 8. Law. To enter (a deed or document) in an official register; to register; to deliver or lodge for registration. Cf. insinuation n. 6 (French insinuer, late Latin insinuāre.) ‘Still used in the Commissions issued by the Bishop of Winchester to the Deans of Jersey and Guernsey as his Commissaries.’ ( N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > enter document on register insinuate1529 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 5 Every suche bysshoppe or ordynary..shall approve insynuate seale and regystre from tyme to tyme the said testamentes. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 32 Such Testaments must be insinuated to the Officiall or Commissarie of the Bishop of the Dioces within foure monethes after the death of the testator: which insinuation is appointed by Law. Derivatives inˈsinuated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > intrusive or intruded intruded1562 insinuated1605 intrusive1862 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] covert1393 sidelinga1500 implieda1535 insinuate1534 understood1576 implicative1602 insinuated1605 reserved1607 whispered1608 interpretative1610 implicit1613 tacit1637 tacid1651 adumbrative1751 inexplicit1827 inexpress1871 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > indirectly or covertly insinuated1828 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 338 Borrowed from such before-insinuated languages as haue no dependance on ours. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 23 Eminent preferments; which they too often come to, more by insinuated favour, than reall desert. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 192 A smile and insinuated sovereign, which purchase my lord's butler. inˈsinuating n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > intrusion obtrusion1606 interloping1615 intrusion1639 obtruding1641 insinuating1644 infiltration1840 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly whisperingc1384 mustering1440 insinuation1532 implication1581 whistering1586 insinuating1644 implial1846 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2 The suttle insinuating of Error and Custome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1534v.1529
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