Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #526.  Latency.  Implication. —­ N. {ant. 525} latency,
inexpression[obs3]; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala[obs3], anagoge[obs3]; silence &c (taciturnity) 585; concealment &c. 528; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes[Fr], undercurrent.
     implication, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment.
     allusion, insinuation; innuendo &c. 527; adumbration; “something
rotten in the state of Denmark” [Hamlet].
     snake in the grass &c. (pitfall) 667; secret &c. 533.
     darkness, invisibility, imperceptibility. 
     V. be latent &c. adj.; lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape
observation, escape detection, escape recognition; lie hid &c. 528.
     laugh in one’s sleeve; keep back &c. (conceal) 528.
     involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference;
entail; whisper &c. (conceal) 528.
     [understand the implication] read between the lines. 
     Adj. latent; lurking &c.v.; secret &c. 528; occult; implied &c. v.;
dormant; abeyant.
     unapparent, unknown, unseen &c. 441; in the background; invisible &c.
447; indiscoverable[obs3], dark; impenetrable &c. (unintelligible) 519; unspied[obs3], unsuspected.
     unsaid, unwritten, unpublished, unbreathed[obs3], untalked of[obs3],
untold &c. 527, unsung, unexposed, unproclaimed[obs3], undisclosed &c. 529, unexpressed; not expressed, tacit.
     undeveloped, solved, unexplained, untraced[obs3], undiscovered &c.
480a, untracked, unexplored, uninvented[obs3].
     indirect, crooked, inferential; by inference, by implication;
implicit; constructive; allusive, covert, muffled; steganographic[obs3]; understood, underhand, underground; delitescent[obs3], concealed &c. 528. 
     Adv. by a side wind; sub silentio[Lat]; in the background; behind the
scenes, behind one’s back; on the tip of one’s tongue; secretly &c. 528; between the lines. 
     Phr. “thereby hangs a tale” [As You Like It]; tacitum vivit sub
pectore vulnus [Lat][Vergil]; where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

     #527.  Information.—­ N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance,
knowledge &c. 490; publicity &c. 531; data &c. 467.
     communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation,
annunciation; announcement; communiqu; representation, round robin, presentment.
     case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c. 532;
return &c. (record) 551; account &c. (description) 594; statement &c. (affirmation) 535.
     mention; acquainting &c. v; instruction &c. (teaching) 537;
outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness.
     informant, authority, teller, intelligencer[obs3], reporter, exponent,
mouthpiece;
     informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard[obs3],
spy, newsmonger; messenger &c. 534; amicus curiae[Lat].

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