intimate

n. மிக நெருங்கிய நண்பர், உற்றார், உற்றநேயர், (பெயரடை) மிக நெருங்கிய பழக்கமுடைய, நெருங்கிய உறவுடைய, உள்ளார்ந்த, உற்ற, உயிர்த் தொடர்புற்ற, நாட்குறிப்பு முதலியவற்றின் வகையில் உள்ளுணர்சசிகளையெல்லாம் தெரிவிக்கின்ற, (வினை) தெரியப்படுத்து, தெரிவி, குறிப்பாலறிவி, சுட்டு, குறிப்புக்காட்டு.

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In"ti*mate, a. Etym: [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.] 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South. 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend. Syn. -- Familiar; near; friendly; confidential. In"ti*mate, n. Defn: An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue. In"ti*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimating.] Etym: [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See Intimate, a.] 1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall. So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. Spenser. 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. 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.