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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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In"ti*mate, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue.
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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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