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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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.
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