"intimates" in the noun sense
1. confidant, intimate
someone to whom private matters are confided
"intimates" in the verb sense
1. intimate, adumbrate, insinuate
give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
2. suggest, intimate
imply as a possibility
"The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"
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