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.
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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