suggestv.

Brit.

/səˈdʒɛst/, U.S.

/sə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/

Forms: Also 1500s sugiest.

Etymology: < Latin suggest-, past participial stem of suggerĕre , < sug- = sub- prefix 1b + gerĕre to bear, carry, bring.

a. transitive. To cause to be present to the mind as an object of thought, an idea to be acted upon, a question or problem to be solved; in early use said esp. of insinuating or prompting to evil. In extended application, to propose as an explanation or solution, as a course of action, as a person or thing suitable for a purpose, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > matter of thought > present to the mind [verb (transitive)]

suggest1526

to put (something) into (also in) a person's head1539

pense1575

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > influence by suggestion > suggest

sugger1502

suggest1526

to speak of ——1586

prompt1602

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii The angell of Sathanas..euer suggestyng and mouyng some vyce, vnder the colour of vertue.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eij^v Disturbing iealousie..Giues false alarmes, suggesteth mutinie.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. ii. sig. N^v Succession, conquest, and election straight Suggested are.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 148 These men..ceased not continually to suggest vnto him high conceits of himselfe.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 34 in Scepsis Scientifica What the Gentleman himself suggests, were answer sufficient.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 355 Why dost thou then suggest to me distrust..?

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 176 A Country..most remote from us..and consequently, it would be suggested as unprofitable to our Commerce.

1779 Mirror No. 24 In the Allegro, meaning to excite a cheerful mood, he suggests a variety of objects.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 473 Gregory dwells on the advantage of being thus constantly suggested to the prayers of friends.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 90 I proposed that King James should retire to Rome or Modena. Then you suggested Avignon; and I assented.

1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Supplices (ed. 2) 680 (note) The MSS. have προμαθεὺς or προμηθεύς. Dobree suggested προμαθής.

1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal v I would suggest your following me into my sanctum sanctorum.

1901 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Oct. 389 It is difficult to suggest a remedy.

b. Said of the conscience, feelings, etc.; hence, of external things, to prompt the execution of, provide a motive for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > impel or prompt > prompt the execution of

suggest1583

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > influence by suggestion > suggest > of the mind, conscience, or feelings

give1297

suggest1583

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N1 He that hath the first diuine calling (his conscience suggesting the same vnto him..)..ought not..giue ouer his calling.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 31 A great many..have lost also the best endeavours their wit could suggest them.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §2. 347 The frequent making of Hypotheses..would suggest numerous Phaenomena, that otherwise escape notice.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 547 Prudence suggested the necessity of a temporary retreat.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 6 His poem, called ‘Flecnoe, an English Priest’, which is supposed to have suggested to Dryden his famous satire of Mc Flecnoe.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) xiv. 473 The sky, the flowers, the trees, the fields, which suggested the Parables.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 182 The punishments to be inflicted on slaves are suggested by the cruelty of fear.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iii. 77 The success of the Iliad naturally suggested an attempt upon the Odyssey.

c. Const. clause or infinitive: To put forward the notion, opinion, or proposition (that, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)]

suggest1526

prepose?1541

propose1566

propound1585

offer1660

vote1698

suppose1762

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii^v Whan..he suggesteth or moueth to man or woman, to do suche thinges y^t he wolde haue them to do.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 415 They suggested vnto him, that Gonsaluo was a Magician, who [etc.].

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 84 The Honourable Person..who I seemed to suggest was not to be believed.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 567 I have no need to suggest, that these inscriptions might be conceived in a much happier style than mine.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 125 The drawing-master..suggested how irksome it ever is to fill up the outline we delight to throw off the fancy.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 71 They suggest that Socrates should be invited to take part in the consultation.

d. To utter as a suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > by uttering

sayOE

suggest1837

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 450 ‘Will you take three bob?’ ‘—And a bender,’ suggested the clerical gentleman.

1881 R. A. King Love the Debt xix ‘I think I'd try giving her notice again, first’, hesitatively suggested his feeble fellow-bachelor.

e. reflexive. Of an idea, proposition, etc.: To present itself to the mind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)]

comeeOE

runOE

to come to mindOE

occur?a1500

to move to mind?a1525

to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546

to take (a person) in the head1565

present1585

overpass1591

to come in upon a person1638

suggest1752

to come up1889

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. iii. 187 The Thought of going back at first suggested itself.

1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 221 No wonder the idea of emigration should suggest itself.

1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Prometheus (ed. 2) 379 (note) The danger of approaching the crater in an eruption naturally suggested itself.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 101 It must assuredly suggest itself to any one of us that the best method of doing this is [etc.].

†2.

a. To prompt (a person) to evil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > entice or seduce

forteeOE

fortihtOE

forleadOE

forthteec1200

seduec1485

seduct1490

seduce1519

suggesta1586

debaucha1595

mispersuade1597

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq1 Pamela (whom thy Maister most perniciously hath suggested out of my dominion).

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 762 Which partie coted presence of loose loue..Those heauenly eyes that looke into these faultes, Suggested vs to make.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 34 Knowing that tender youth is soone suggested, I nightly lodge her in an vpper Towre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 45 I giue thee not this to suggest thee from thy master.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 164 This holy Foxe..suggests the King our Master To this last costly Treaty.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §37 The unquiet walkes of Devils, prompting and suggesting us unto mischiefe.

†b. To insinuate into (a person's mind) the (false) idea that, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] > give a hint to

suggesta1616

hint1658

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 242 We must suggest the People, in what hatred He still hath held them.

1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 297 Some persons have indeavored to suggest and insence ye minds of the good people, That the Governor had a designe.

3. To give a hint or inkling of, without plain or direct expression or explanation.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]

inkle1340

induce1481

alludec1487

signifya1535

insinuate1561

to glance at (upon, against)1570

thrust1574

imply1581

adumbrate1589

intimate1590

innuate?1611

glancea1616

ministera1616

perstringea1620

shadow1621

subinduce1640

involve1646

equivocate1648

hint1648

subindicate1654

hint at1697

suggest1697

indicate1751

surmise1820

to get at ——1875

1697 J. Addison Ess. Georgics in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶4^v Virgil..loves to suggest a Truth indirectly.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Feb. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) ii. 102 This statue..suggests far more than it shows.

1900 Jrnl. Sch. Geog. (U.S.) Apr. 126 Such a knowledge of society cannot be, with profit, more than suggested in the early years.

a. Of things: To call up the thought of by association or natural connection of ideas.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)]

strikea1616

to come across ——1673

suggest1709

to come upon ——a1712

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §25. 15 One Idea may suggest another to the Mind.

1733 G. Berkeley Theory of Vision §39. 33 All signs suggest the things signified.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind ii. §7 A certain kind of sound suggests immediately to the mind, a coach passing in the street.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. iv. 49 Such silvery ones [sc. clouds] as those..have often suggested sculpturesque groups, figures, and attitudes.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vi. 112 Democratic Athens, oligarchic Rome, suggest to us Pericles and Brutus.

1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 47 A process of growth suggests to the reason the work of an intelligent Mind.

b. To give the impression of the existence or presence of.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > slightly

umbrate1675

suggest1816

1816 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 56 This took place..to such a degree, as to suggest strong wishes for reunion with the Roman Catholic Church.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner i. 2 With an air suggesting a desire to attract as little attention as possible.

5. Law. To put forward in a ‘suggestion’.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] > bring (a charge or accusation) > bring as a charge > in an information

suggest1719

1719 J. Lilly Pract. Reg. II. 537 There ought to be an Affidavit made of the Matter suggested.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. vii. 113 If..the court shall finally be of opinion, that the matter suggested is a good and sufficient ground of prohibition in point of law.

6. In hypnotism, to influence by suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mesmerize > influence by suggestion

suggest1895

suggestionize1896

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 175 The man who is ‘suggested’ into sobriety.

7. absol. or intransitive. †To prompt or tempt to evil (obsolete); to make or offer a suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)]

motion1509

refer1572

propound1598

dogmatize1613

suggesta1616

spitball1955

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (intransitive)] > tempt

tenta1250

suggesta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 342 When diuells will their blackest sins put on, They doe suggest at first with heauenly shewes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 111 Other diuels that suggest by treasons.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. i. 7 The Divell may suggest; compell he cannot.

1675 Marquis of Worcester in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 38 We beg..that you would suggest if you can think of any other person.

a1721 M. Prior Dialogues of Dead (1907) 223 That sprightly way of thinking as wildly as your imagination can suggest.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Will 14 Who..ever weaker grows thro' acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	suggest
释义	† suggestn. Etymology: < Latin suggestus (u- stem), < suggest- , suggerĕre to suggest v. Obsolete. = suggestion n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > suggestion propositiona1382 suggestion1382 subjectionc1405 subjestion1443 incasting1469 submonition1562 suggestc1614 c1614 R. Dudley in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) App. 12 The reasons of the suggests are these [etc.]. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvi. 73 Whose vertues countermand The loose Suggests of frailtie. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiv. 113 By thy suggest was Abel kill'd of Cain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). suggestv. Brit. /səˈdʒɛst/, U.S. /sə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/ Forms: Also 1500s sugiest. Etymology: < Latin suggest-, past participial stem of suggerĕre , < sug- = sub- prefix 1b + gerĕre to bear, carry, bring. 1. a. transitive. To cause to be present to the mind as an object of thought, an idea to be acted upon, a question or problem to be solved; in early use said esp. of insinuating or prompting to evil. In extended application, to propose as an explanation or solution, as a course of action, as a person or thing suitable for a purpose, or the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > matter of thought > present to the mind [verb (transitive)] suggest1526 to put (something) into (also in) a person's head1539 pense1575 the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > influence by suggestion > suggest sugger1502 suggest1526 to speak of ——1586 prompt1602 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii The angell of Sathanas..euer suggestyng and mouyng some vyce, vnder the colour of vertue. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eij^v Disturbing iealousie..Giues false alarmes, suggesteth mutinie. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. ii. sig. N^v Succession, conquest, and election straight Suggested are. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 148 These men..ceased not continually to suggest vnto him high conceits of himselfe. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 34 in Scepsis Scientifica What the Gentleman himself suggests, were answer sufficient. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 355 Why dost thou then suggest to me distrust..? View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 176 A Country..most remote from us..and consequently, it would be suggested as unprofitable to our Commerce. 1779 Mirror No. 24 In the Allegro, meaning to excite a cheerful mood, he suggests a variety of objects. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 473 Gregory dwells on the advantage of being thus constantly suggested to the prayers of friends. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 90 I proposed that King James should retire to Rome or Modena. Then you suggested Avignon; and I assented. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Supplices (ed. 2) 680 (note) The MSS. have προμαθεὺς or προμηθεύς. Dobree suggested προμαθής. 1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal v I would suggest your following me into my sanctum sanctorum. 1901 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Oct. 389 It is difficult to suggest a remedy. b. Said of the conscience, feelings, etc.; hence, of external things, to prompt the execution of, provide a motive for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > impel or prompt > prompt the execution of suggest1583 the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > influence by suggestion > suggest > of the mind, conscience, or feelings give1297 suggest1583 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N1 He that hath the first diuine calling (his conscience suggesting the same vnto him..)..ought not..giue ouer his calling. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 31 A great many..have lost also the best endeavours their wit could suggest them. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §2. 347 The frequent making of Hypotheses..would suggest numerous Phaenomena, that otherwise escape notice. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 547 Prudence suggested the necessity of a temporary retreat. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 6 His poem, called ‘Flecnoe, an English Priest’, which is supposed to have suggested to Dryden his famous satire of Mc Flecnoe. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) xiv. 473 The sky, the flowers, the trees, the fields, which suggested the Parables. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 182 The punishments to be inflicted on slaves are suggested by the cruelty of fear. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iii. 77 The success of the Iliad naturally suggested an attempt upon the Odyssey. c. Const. clause or infinitive: To put forward the notion, opinion, or proposition (that, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] suggest1526 prepose?1541 propose1566 propound1585 offer1660 vote1698 suppose1762 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii^v Whan..he suggesteth or moueth to man or woman, to do suche thinges y^t he wolde haue them to do. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 415 They suggested vnto him, that Gonsaluo was a Magician, who [etc.]. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 84 The Honourable Person..who I seemed to suggest was not to be believed. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 567 I have no need to suggest, that these inscriptions might be conceived in a much happier style than mine. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 125 The drawing-master..suggested how irksome it ever is to fill up the outline we delight to throw off the fancy. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 71 They suggest that Socrates should be invited to take part in the consultation. d. To utter as a suggestion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > by uttering sayOE suggest1837 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 450 ‘Will you take three bob?’ ‘—And a bender,’ suggested the clerical gentleman. 1881 R. A. King Love the Debt xix ‘I think I'd try giving her notice again, first’, hesitatively suggested his feeble fellow-bachelor. e. reflexive. Of an idea, proposition, etc.: To present itself to the mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. iii. 187 The Thought of going back at first suggested itself. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 221 No wonder the idea of emigration should suggest itself. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Prometheus (ed. 2) 379 (note) The danger of approaching the crater in an eruption naturally suggested itself. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 101 It must assuredly suggest itself to any one of us that the best method of doing this is [etc.]. †2. a. To prompt (a person) to evil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > entice or seduce forteeOE fortihtOE forleadOE forthteec1200 seduec1485 seduct1490 seduce1519 suggesta1586 debaucha1595 mispersuade1597 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq1 Pamela (whom thy Maister most perniciously hath suggested out of my dominion). 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 762 Which partie coted presence of loose loue..Those heauenly eyes that looke into these faultes, Suggested vs to make. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 34 Knowing that tender youth is soone suggested, I nightly lodge her in an vpper Towre. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 45 I giue thee not this to suggest thee from thy master. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 164 This holy Foxe..suggests the King our Master To this last costly Treaty. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §37 The unquiet walkes of Devils, prompting and suggesting us unto mischiefe. View more context for this quotation †b. To insinuate into (a person's mind) the (false) idea that, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] > give a hint to suggesta1616 hint1658 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 242 We must suggest the People, in what hatred He still hath held them. View more context for this quotation 1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 297 Some persons have indeavored to suggest and insence ye minds of the good people, That the Governor had a designe. 3. To give a hint or inkling of, without plain or direct expression or explanation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1697 J. Addison Ess. Georgics in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶4^v Virgil..loves to suggest a Truth indirectly. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Feb. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) ii. 102 This statue..suggests far more than it shows. 1900 Jrnl. Sch. Geog. (U.S.) Apr. 126 Such a knowledge of society cannot be, with profit, more than suggested in the early years. 4. a. Of things: To call up the thought of by association or natural connection of ideas. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] strikea1616 to come across ——1673 suggest1709 to come upon ——a1712 hit1891 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §25. 15 One Idea may suggest another to the Mind. 1733 G. Berkeley Theory of Vision §39. 33 All signs suggest the things signified. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind ii. §7 A certain kind of sound suggests immediately to the mind, a coach passing in the street. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. iv. 49 Such silvery ones [sc. clouds] as those..have often suggested sculpturesque groups, figures, and attitudes. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vi. 112 Democratic Athens, oligarchic Rome, suggest to us Pericles and Brutus. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 47 A process of growth suggests to the reason the work of an intelligent Mind. b. To give the impression of the existence or presence of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > slightly umbrate1675 suggest1816 1816 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 56 This took place..to such a degree, as to suggest strong wishes for reunion with the Roman Catholic Church. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner i. 2 With an air suggesting a desire to attract as little attention as possible. 5. Law. To put forward in a ‘suggestion’. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] > bring (a charge or accusation) > bring as a charge > in an information suggest1719 1719 J. Lilly Pract. Reg. II. 537 There ought to be an Affidavit made of the Matter suggested. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. vii. 113 If..the court shall finally be of opinion, that the matter suggested is a good and sufficient ground of prohibition in point of law. 6. In hypnotism, to influence by suggestion. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mesmerize > influence by suggestion suggest1895 suggestionize1896 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 175 The man who is ‘suggested’ into sobriety. 7. absol. or intransitive. †To prompt or tempt to evil (obsolete); to make or offer a suggestion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)] motion1509 refer1572 propound1598 dogmatize1613 suggesta1616 spitball1955 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (intransitive)] > tempt tenta1250 suggesta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 342 When diuells will their blackest sins put on, They doe suggest at first with heauenly shewes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 111 Other diuels that suggest by treasons. View more context for this quotation 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. i. 7 The Divell may suggest; compell he cannot. 1675 Marquis of Worcester in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 38 We beg..that you would suggest if you can think of any other person. a1721 M. Prior Dialogues of Dead (1907) 223 That sprightly way of thinking as wildly as your imagination can suggest. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Will 14 Who..ever weaker grows thro' acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1614v.1526
随便看	to lay one's course to lay one's eyeball on to lay one's eyes together to lay one's finger on to lay one's finger on the pulse to lay one's fingers on the pulse to lay one's hand to the plough to lay one's head to lay one's heels in one's neck to lay one's leg over to lay one's legs aliry to lay one's life, head, to wed to lay one's might to lay one's portion with to lay one's scene to lay one'the finger on to lay open to lay or set aside to lay our heads together to lay out to lay over to lay past to lay pipe to lay pipes to lay posts

† suggestn.

suggestv.