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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.

Definition 2024


intimate

intimate

English

Adjective

intimate (comparative more intimate, superlative most intimate)

  1. Closely acquainted; familiar.
    an intimate friend
    He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
  2. Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
    She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
  3. Personal; private.
    an intimate setting

Translations

Noun

intimate (plural intimates)

  1. A very close friend.
    Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
  2. (in plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
    You'll find bras and panties in the women's intimates section upstairs.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

intimate (third-person singular simple present intimates, present participle intimating, simple past and past participle intimated)

  1. (transitive) To suggest or disclose discreetly.
    • 1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 4, Chapter 3. TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN MISTAKES FIRST”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 223:
          The Kaiser beamed. Von Bulow had praised him. Von Bulow had exalted him and humbled himself. The Kaiser could forgive anything after that. "Haven't I always told you," he exclaimed with enthusiasm, "that we complete one another famously? We should stick together, and we will!"
          [...]
          Von Bulow saved himself in time—but, canny diplomat that he was, he nevertheless had made one error: he should have begun by talking about his own shortcomings and Wilhelm's superiority—not by intimating that the Kaiser was a half-wit in need of a guardian.
    He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.

Translations

Related terms


Esperanto

Adverb

intimate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of intimi

Italian

Verb

intimate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of intimare
  2. second-person plural imperative of intimare
  3. feminine plural of intimato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

intimāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of intimō