intimate

IN'TIMATE,a. [L. intimus, superl. 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, n. A familiar friend or associate; one to whom the thoughts of another are entrusted without reserve.

IN'TIMATE, v.i. To share together. [Not in use.]

IN'TIMATE, v.t. [Low L. 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.