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3 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suggest v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something [syn: {propose}, {advise}] 2: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: {hint}] 3: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: {intimate}] 4: suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine: "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [syn: {indicate}] [ant: {contraindicate}] 5: call to mind or evoke [syn: {evoke}, {paint a picture}]
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