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tacit | insinuating |

As an adjective tacit

is expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

As a verb insinuating is

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tacit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
    • tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
  • * 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:
    • He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
  • * 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):
  • (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

    • Derived terms

    * tacitly * tacitness

    Related terms

    * taciturn * taciturnity * taciturnly

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    insinuating

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    Verb

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