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sinuate
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Sinuate
(gcide) | Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind,
bend, fr. sinus a bend.]
Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward;
having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous;
wavy.
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Sinuate
(gcide) | Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sinuating.]
To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.
--Woodward.
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sinuate
(wn) | sinuate
adj 1: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn:
sinuate, sinuous, wiggly]
2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex |
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Dentate-sinuate
(gcide) | Dentate-sinuate \Den"tate-sin"u*ate\, a. (Bot.)
Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.
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Insinuate
(gcide) | Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. i.
1. To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or
imperceptibly, as into crevices.
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2. To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by
flattery or cunning.
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He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh.
--Shak.
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To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]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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1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow
passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
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The water easily insinuates itself into, and
placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
--Woodward.
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2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
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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.
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Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates
virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the
severity of precepts. --Dryden.
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3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used
derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
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4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce
by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used
reflexively.
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He insinuated himself into the very good grace of
the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon.
Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
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Insinuated
(gcide) | 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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1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow
passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
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The water easily insinuates itself into, and
placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
--Woodward.
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2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
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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.
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Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates
virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the
severity of precepts. --Dryden.
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3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used
derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
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4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce
by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used
reflexively.
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He insinuated himself into the very good grace of
the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon.
Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
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sinuate sinuous wavy
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Sinuated
(gcide) | Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sinuating.]
To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.
--Woodward.
[1913 Webster]Sinuated \Sin"u*a`ted\, a.
Same as Sinuate.
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insinuate
(wn) | insinuate
v 1: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He
insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at
the nearby table"
2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his
wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate] |
sinuate
(wn) | sinuate
adj 1: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn:
sinuate, sinuous, wiggly]
2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex |
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