3 entries under this word
(45), a. [Lat. intimus, from intus, within; It. & Sp. intimo, Fr. intime.]
He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South. 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; as, an intimate friend; intimate acquaintance.
n. A familiar friend or associate; one to whom the thoughts of another are intrusted without reserve.
(45), v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTIMATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTIMATING.] [Lat. intimare, intimatum, to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus, the inmost, from intus, within; It. intimare, Sp., Pg., & Pr. intimar, Fr. intimer.]
Sense 1. To share together. [Obs.]
So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. Spenser.
Sense 2. To suggest obscurely, indirectly, or not very plainly; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.
'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Addison.