What does "suggest" mean?
Suggest: To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
Additional senses
- 2.To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.] Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak.
- 3.To inform secretly. [Obs.]
- 4.To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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