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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suggest \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.


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              Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all
              the ways of sensation and reflection. --Locke.
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     2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to
        intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
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     3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]
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              Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. --Shak.
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     4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
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     Syn: To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.
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