v. t.
The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. Clarendon.
v. i.
He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By insinuation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
By a soft insinuation mix'd
With earth's large mass. Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]
I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders. Lady Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
I scorn your coarse insinuation. Cowper.
a. [ Cf. F. insinuatif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., an introducer. ] One who, or that which, insinuates. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Insinuative. [ 1913 Webster ]