insinuate (in Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 763 perhaps an absol. use of a 15th-16th cent. sense ‘to win or attract subtly or covertly’)
1.
intr. to wheedle oneself into a
person's favour, ingratiate oneself “with”
R2 IV. i. 165
“To , flatter,
bow,”
Cor. II. iii. 105, Tit. IV. ii. 38,
Ven. 1012
“With Death she humbly
doth insinuate.”
2.
(?) to suggest or
imply something to (a person)
LLL. V. i. 27
“it insinuateth me of
insanie.”
