n. (Anat.) the innermost coat of an organ, such as a blood vessel. It usually consists of an endothelial layer of cells, backed by connective tissue and elastic tissue. [ PJC ]
n.;
adj. of or pertaining to the intima. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
So both conspiring 'gan to intimate
Each other's grief. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an intimate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]