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Webster 1913 Edition

Intimate

In′ti-mate

,
Adj.
[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
.]
1.
Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.
“I knew from intimate impulse.”
Milton.
2.
Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
He was honored with an
intimate
and immediate admission.
South.
Syn. – Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.

In′ti-mate

,
Noun.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.
Gov. of the Tongue.

In′ti-mate

,
Verb.
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
,
Adj.
]
1.
To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.
[Obs.]
He, incontinent, did proclaim and
intimate
open war.
E. Hall.
So both conspiring ’gan to
intimate

Each other's grief.
Spenser.
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
.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intimate

IN'TIMATE

,
Adj.
[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

,
Noun.
A familiar friend or associate; one to whom the thoughts of another are entrusted without reserve.

IN'TIMATE

,
Verb.
I.
To share together. [Not in use.]

IN'TIMATE

,
Verb.
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.

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