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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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Intimation

In`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]

1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

2. Announcement; declaration. --Macaulay.

They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. --Holland.

3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. --Bp. Burnet.
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