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/ˈɪntəmət/ /ˈɪntəmˌeɪt/ /ˈɪnəmət/ Listen

adjective

Intimate adj.

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse."

Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. "He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission."

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

Synonyms: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.

verb

Intimate v. t. (past & past part. intimated; pres. part. intimating)

To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. (Obs.) "He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war." "So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief."

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. "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."

noun

Intimate n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

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Etymology of 'Intimate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intimate" Quotes from Famous Books

... the physician are usually confided the most intimate secrets of the family and he, therefore, holds in his hands the health and life of our ancient enemies—the Christians. We are obliged to encourage matrimonial unions between Israelites and Christians, for the people of Israel, risking no loss whatsoever ...

— The History of a Lie - 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' • Herman Bernstein

... may be considered as constituting a little brain, connected with the masses behind by the commissure, commonly called the optic nerve. We are prepared, therefore, to find these two little brains in the most intimate relations with each other, as we find the cerebral hemispheres. We know that they are directly connected by fibres that arch round through ...

— Medical Essays • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... Z. are intimate friends, but when they meet in society, they at once make fun of ...

— Note-Book of Anton Chekhov • Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

... him, but he watched him very closely. He had not long to wait before Mr. Galvinne, who was then the officer of the deck, spoke to him, and they had quite a long conversation. He could not hear a word of it; but the fact that they were intimate enough to hold what appeared to be a confidential interview was enough to satisfy the prisoner that the second lieutenant was the principle confederate of his cousin. How many of the crew were "packed" for the enterprise ...

— Stand By The Union - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat • Oliver Optic

... future), it is that inability to credit disinterested, materially unproductive, purposes and pursuits, and fit them into the philosophy of a perfectibility based on material prosperity —it is all of these that intimate the shortcomings of that life ...

— The French in the Heart of America • John Finley

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