Thesaurus: suggest

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1. v. t. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
2. v. t. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
3. v. t. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
4. v. t. To inform secretly.
5. v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt.
6. v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
7. v. drop a hint; intimate by a hint
8. v. imply as a possibility
9. v. call to mind
10. 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. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
11. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venialfault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
12. v:100 v. imply as a possibility v. call to mind