ADUMBRATE

(verb) give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
synonyms : insinuate , intimate
(verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book", "outline his ideas"
synonyms : outline , sketch
The project's objectives were adumbrated in the report. -added by BagomboSnuffbox

Mnemonics for adumbrate

(Tag: ) A dumb brat can't give the details - just a sketchy outline.
added by thebookie3 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) umbra means shadow, ad+umbra means to shadow the details, so the word means outline, to shadow, obscure and overshadow.
added by arulrs Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) A+DUMB+REPRESENTATION=ADUMBRATION...imagine a dumb is giving you a representation...how will he do it???....represent in outline,indicate faintly...
added by nileshdive Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) A dumb rate is always vague.
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