intimate
/ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/ verb C2- To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. · He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
- To notify. · I will intimate you when the details are available.
He/she/it intimates · Past intimated · Past participle intimated · -ing form intimating
Verb forms
- Base form
- intimate
- He/she/it
- intimates
- Past
- intimated
- Past participle
- intimated
- -ing form
- intimating
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A MOUSE who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most part in the water.
A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare.
Barker was himself an undoubted Englishman; but by his remarks it was clear that he had first known Douglas in America and had there lived on intimate terms with him.
I had rather not be the man that crossed him!” He was cordial and intimate with Douglas, and he was no less friendly with his wife—a friendship which more than once seemed to cause some irritation to the husband, so that even the servants were able to perceive his annoyance.
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