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Suggest   /səgdʒˈɛst/   Listen
verb
Suggest  v. t.  (past & past part. suggested; pres. part. suggesting)  
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."
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."
4.
To inform secretly. (Obs.)
Synonyms: To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.


Suggest  v. i.  To make suggestions; to tempt. (Obs.) "And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still."





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