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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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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