Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hint \Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS.
   hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr
   a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.]
   To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to
   suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

         Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.  --Pope.

   Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.