1. to urge action; to instigate   insight   incite   2. to convey without stating directly   imply   infer   3. to hate greatly; to detest   loath   loathe   4. a bird, especially one on a farm kept for eggs or meat   fowl   foul   5. to make less severe or less intense   militate   mitigate   6. intelligent at inventing; cleverly made   ingenuous   ingenious   7. to conclude; to work out from evidence   imply   infer