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Dictionary Results for insinuation:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

insinuation
    n 1: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication [syn:
         insinuation, innuendo]
    2: the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by
       persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use
       insinuation in order to gain favor" [syn: ingratiation,
       insinuation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Insinuation \In*sin"u*a`tion\, n. [L. insinuatio: cf. F.
   insinuation.]
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   1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or
      flowing in.
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            By a soft insinuation mix'd
            With earth's large mass.              --Crashaw.
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   2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by
      gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense,
      as of friendly influence or interposition. --Sir H.
      Wotton.
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            I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough
            to keep them here till further orders. --Lady
                                                  Cowper.
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   3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing
      manner.
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            He bad a natural insinuation and address which made
            him acceptable in the best company.   --Clarendon.
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   4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or
      intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be
      conveyed by insinuations.
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            I scorn your coarse insinuation.      --Cowper.

   Syn: Hint; intimation; suggestion. See Innuendo.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

INSINUATION, civil law. The transcription of an act on the public registers, 
like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation, 
but that appropriated to the purpose of donation. Inst. 2, 7, 2; Poth. 
Traite des Donations, entre vifs, sect. 2, art. 3, Sec. 3; Encyclopedie; 8 
Toull. n. 198.

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