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intimation

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in⋅ti⋅mate

2  [in-tuh-meyt]
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–verb (used with object), -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing.
1. to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
2. Archaic. to make known; announce.
Origin:
1530–40; < LL intimātus, ptp. of intimāre to impress (upon), make known, equiv. to intim(us) inmost (see intima ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅ti⋅mat⋅er, noun
in⋅ti⋅ma⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. See hint.
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in·ti·mate 2   (ĭn'tə-māt')   
tr.v.   in·ti·mat·ed, in·ti·mat·ing, in·ti·mates

  1. To make known subtly and indirectly; hint. See Synonyms at suggest.

  2. To announce; proclaim.


[Latin intimāre, intimāt-, to make known, from intimus, innermost; see en in Indo-European roots.]
in'ti·mat'er n., in'ti·ma'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

intimate  (adj.)
1632, "closely acquainted, very familiar," from L.L. intimatus, pp. of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from L. intimus "inmost" (adj.), "close friend" (n.), superl. of in "in." Used euphemistically of women's underwear from 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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