Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hinted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hint \Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS.
hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr
a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.]
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to
suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. --Pope.
Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
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