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English Dictionary: suggest	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for suggest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suggest v make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" Synonym(s): propose, suggest, advise drop a hint; intimate by a hint Synonym(s): hint, suggest imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" Synonym(s): suggest, intimate suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" Synonym(s): indicate, suggest Antonym(s): contraindicate call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" Synonym(s): suggest, evoke, paint a picture
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suggest \Suggest"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suggest \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.