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Intimate \In"ti*mate\, n.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. --Gov. of the
Tongue.
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Intimate \In"ti*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Intimating}.] [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to
put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known,
from intimus the inmost. See {Intimate}, a.]
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1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to
make known. [Obs.]
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He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war.
--E. Hall.
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So both conspiring 'gan to intimate
Each other's grief. --Spenser.
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2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely;
to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his
intention of resigning his office.
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The names of simple ideas and substances, with the
abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real
existence, from which was derived their original
pattern. --Locke.
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Intimate \In"ti*mate\, a. [Formerly intime, L. intimus, a
superl. corresponding to the compar. interior: cf. F. intime.
The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t.
See {Interior}.]
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1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew
from intimate impulse." --Milton.
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2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
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He was honored with an intimate and immediate
admission. --South.
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3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar;
confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.
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