0 past simple and past participle of intimate --
1 to make clear what you think or want without saying it directly: --
[ + (that) ] She has intimated that she will resign if she loses the vote.
I intimated that such a condition might impair the future relationship between an accused and his legal adviser.
The competitive designs submitted by surveyors have been finally adjudicated upon, and the result has been duly intimated to all the candidates.
During the wage discussions, the management intimated to the trade union that there were to be redundancies, and a notice of intent was issued.
As intimated by the informant quoted above, people thought that the pressure would decline with time and that people would be left alone in their old sites.
It would be interesting to see this done, primarily to determine whether the envisioned path from proto-truth functions to full-fledged inference is as easily traveled as intimated.
Though she accepted that she would die of her cancer, her husband avoided talking about her eventual death and sometimes intimated that she would get better.
In real-time written conversation (as in such instant electronic communication as icq), the nuances of meaning conveyed in speech cannot always be intimated speedily.
His use of language intimated that, by virtue of his position as president, he was uniquely suited to see the light upon the path ahead.
