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intimation

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in⋅ti⋅mate

2  [in-tuh-meyt]
–verb (used with object), -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing.
1. to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
2. Archaic. to make known; announce.
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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  (v.)
1538, back-formation from intimation "action of making known" (1442), from M.Fr. intimation (1394), from L.L. intimationem (nom. intimatio) "an announcement" (in M.L. "a judicial notification"), from intimare. Intimacy is from 1641; as a euphemism for "illicit sexual intercourse" it dates from 1676.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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