Both Uses
imply
in
A Separate Peace
(Edited)
- In the air there was only an edge of coolness to imply the coming winter.
p. 72.4 *imply = suggest or indicate
- [of large snowflakes] I watched them whirl past my window—don't take this seriously, the playful way they fell seemed to imply, this little show, this harmless trick. It seemed to be true. The school was thinly blanketed that night, but the next morning, a bright, almost balmy day, every flake disappeared.
p. 92.9imply = suggest (say indirectly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)