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. 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.] [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.
In"ti*mate*ly (?), adv. In an intimate manner.