About The Word Suggest
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What's The Definition Of Suggest?
[v] drop a hint; intimate by a hint
[v] suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [v] call to mind or evoke [v] imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [v] make a proposal, declare a plan for something Synonyms | Synonyms for Suggest: advise | evoke | hint | indicate | paint a picture | propose Related Terms | Find terms related to Suggest: See Also | adumbrate | advance | advert | advocate | allude | clue in | convey | declare | evince | express | feed back | impart | imply | incriminate | inculpate | inform | insinuate | intimate | make a motion | make out | move | proposition | put forward | recommend | reek | show | smack | state | submit | throw out | touch | urge Suggest In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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