Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN'TI-MATE, v.t. [Fr. intimer; Sp. intimar; It. intimare; Low L. intimo, to intimate, to register, to love entirely, to make one intimate, to enter, from intimus.]

To hint; to suggest obscurely, indirectly or not very plainly; to give slight notice of. He intimated his intention of resigning his office. 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / And intimates eternity to man. Addison.