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Pronunciation : Sug*gest"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. suggestus, p.p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sug*gest"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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