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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.] [1913 Webster] 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. ``I knew from intimate impulse. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. [1913 Webster]

He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. --South. [1913 Webster]

3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential. [1913 Webster]

Intimate In"ti*mate, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. --Gov. of the Tongue. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. --E. Hall. [1913 Webster]

So both conspiring gan to intimate Each other s grief. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]