intimate

IN'TIMATE,adjective [Latin intimus, superlative of intus, or interus, within.] 1. Inmost; inward; internal; as intimate impulse. 2. Near; close. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; as an intimate friend; intimate acquaintance. IN'TIMATE, noun A familiar friend or associate; one to whom the thoughts of another are entrusted without reserve. IN'TIMATE, verb intransitive To share together. [Not in use.] IN'TIMATE, verb transitive [Low Latin intimo, to intimate to register, to love entirely, to make one intimate to enter, from intimus.] To hint; to suggest obscurely, indirectly or not very plainly; to give slight notice of. He intimated his intention of resigning his office. 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.