Lewis & Short

intĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [intimus], to put or bring into (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: partem gurgiti, Sol. 5: Nilus mari intimatur, flows into, id. 32; Amm. 22, 8, 40: argentum tabulis, Tert. Hab. Mul. 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To drive or press into: imaginem aliquam inbibere et sibi intimare, Tert. adv. Valent. 17; Symm. Ep. 10, 33.
    2. B. To announce, publish, make known, intimate: nuntius intimatur, Amm. 21, 11, 1; 28, 3, 8: vitam litteris, Treb. Gall. 16: notoriā tuā intimāsti, Claudium graviter irasci, Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17: cunctis pistoribus intimari oportet, quod si quis, etc., Cod. 14, 3, 1: longitudines syllabarum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 274; 5, § 519.