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verb (used with object)
1.
to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make insinuations.
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Insinuator
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Origin:
1520–30; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1
1520–30; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1
Related forms
in·sin·u·a·tive 
[in-sin-yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-uh-] , in·sin·u·a·to·ry [in-sin-yoo-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
[in-sin-yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-uh-] , in·sin·u·a·to·ry [in-sin-yoo-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective in·sin·u·a·tive·ly, adverb
in·sin·u·a·tor, noun
half-in·sin·u·at·ed, adjective
pre·in·sin·u·ate, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
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Word Origin & History
insinuate
1526 (implied in insinuation), from L. insinuatus, pp. of insinuare "bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into," from in- "in" + sinuare "to wind, bend, curve," from sinus "a curve, winding." Sense of "to introduce tortuously or indirectly" is from 1647.
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