ADUMBRATE

intimate, adumbrate, insinuate

(verb) give to understand; “I insinuated that I did not like his wife”

sketch, outline, adumbrate

(verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; “sketch the outline of the book”; “outline his ideas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated)

To foreshadow vaguely.

To give a vague outline.

To obscure or overshadow.

Source: Wiktionary

Ad*um"brate, v. t. Etym: [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

2. To overshadow; to shade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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