Meaning of SUGGEST
| Pronunciation: | | sug'jest
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | advise, evoke, hint, indicate, paint a picture, propose |
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| | Antonyms: | | contraindicate | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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