From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
intimate
adj 1: marked by close aquaintance, association, or familiarity;
"intimate friend"; "intimate relations between
economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L.
Parrington
2: having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere;
especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy
chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail
lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn:
cozy, informal]
3: having mutual interests or affections; of established
friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an
intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn:
familiar]
4: involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual)
relations between husband and wife"; "she had been
intimate with many men" [syn: sexual]
5: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal]
6: thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience;
"this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson;
"knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting"- Herbert
Read [syn: intimate with, knowledgeable,
{knowledgeable about(p)}]
n : someone to whom private matters are confided [syn:
confidant]
v 1: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his
wife" [syn: adumbrate, insinuate]
2: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for
more clarification" [syn: suggest]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Intimate \In"ti*mate\, n.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. --Gov. of the
Tongue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Intimate \In"ti*mate\, a. [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.]
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1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew
from intimate impulse." --Milton.
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2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
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He was honored with an intimate and immediate
admission. --South.
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3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar;
confidential; as, an intimate friend.
Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Intimate \In"ti*mate\, v. 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, a.]
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1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to
make known. [Obs.]
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He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war.
--E. Hall.
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So both conspiring 'gan to intimate
Each other's grief. --Spenser.
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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.
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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.
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