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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.
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Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke.
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2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
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3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]
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Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak.
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4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
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Syn. -- To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.
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Sug*gest", v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]
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And ever weaker grows through acted crime,
Or seeming-genial, venial fault,
Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
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