INTIMATING
Verb
intimating
present participle of intimate
Source: Wiktionary
INTIMATE
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.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition