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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Intimation

/ĭnˌ-təm-āsh'-ən/ · In·ti·ma·tion · IPA /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  1. 1.
    The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  2. 2.
    Announcement; declaration.
    “They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.” Holland.
  3. 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.