Crossword clues for insinuated
insinuated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insinuating.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See Sinuous.]
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To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
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To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment.
--Locke.Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts.
--Dryden. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
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To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.
He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham.
--Clarendon.Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: insinuate)
Usage examples of "insinuated".
He took Zara by the arm and insinuated them both neatly into the group comprised of Flavia, Laria, Thian, and Keylarion, the Tower expediter.
The firmness of a Chinese mandarin, ^22 who insinuated some principles of rational policy into the mind of Zingis, diverted him from the execution of this horrid design.
But they darkly insinuated, that the virtues of the Caesar might instantly be converted into the most dangerous crimes, if the inconstant multitude should prefer their inclinations to their duty.
Softening, however, his tone, Galerius insinuated to the ambassador, that it had never been the practice of the Romans to trample on a prostrate enemy.
I have followed him in expressing the Platonic idea of emanations, which is darkly insinuated in the original.
A stranger who assumed the name of Maximus, ^34 and the cloak of a Cynic philosopher, insinuated himself into the confidence of Gregory.
I have developed some observations which were insinuated rather than expressed.
At once a patriot and a courtier, the perfidious Mourzoufle, who was not destitute of cunning and courage, opposed the Latins both in speech and action, inflamed the passions and prejudices of the Greeks, and insinuated himself into the favor and confidence of Alexius, who trusted him with the office of great chamberlain, and tinged his buskins with the colors of royalty.
She hadn't been born when that had happened, but if Alec was anything like his father had been, it was no mystery how the boy Todd had insinuated, or rather, cannoned himself into the midst of a delicate situation that could have had disastrous repercussions for both races.
Jamas missed Niffy’s presence, for the cat generally insinuated herself under any table during dinner.
A scorched smell insinuated itself through the sour chemical stink of Kolnar-normal atmosphere.
Then, very carefully, he insinuated a tendril of thought to ease her pain.
Lars merely vaulted and neatly inserted himself in the thick viscous fluid just as Killa insinuated herself into the tub.
Sothi, one of the carton carriers, told her that it had insinuated itself down three levels now.
She was grateful to him for that, despite the losses she’d suffered since he’d surfaced and insinuated himself into the fabric of her life.