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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suggested}; p. pr &
vb n. {Suggesting}.] [L. suggestus p. p. of suggerere to
put under furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to
bring See {Jest}.]
1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be
thought of usually by the agency of other objects.
Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all
the ways of sensation and reflection. --Locke.
2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to
intimate; as to suggest a difficulty.
3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]
Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. --Shak.
4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
Syn: To hint; allude to refer to insinuate.
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