suggestern.
/səˈdʒɛstə/, U.S. /sə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstər/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > one who accuses
accusorc1350
accusatora1382
accusera1382
pealerc1400
accusant?a1425
witerc1449
imposant1502
charger1512
suggester1530
condemner?1541
cuser1589
suggestora1601
taxer1601
arraigner1854
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 183 That verteu..from whyche..man was also sodeynly priued of hys owne foly, consentynge to the enuyful sturrer and suggestoure.
1627 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 438 King James, who..wanted not some suggesters about him to make the worst of all mens actions whom they could misreport.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 44 Whereby that base suggestour might be duely censured.
1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iii. i. sig. E2v Some subbornd suggester of these treasons.
2. One who suggests or prompts.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > one who suggests
suggestora1601
suggestera1674
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > suggestion > one who
suggestera1674
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue Want of Respect due Age in Tracts (1727) 308 If it [sc. age] cannot suggest all Things which occur to more vigorous Conceptions, it can judge better of what is suggested than the Suggesters themselves.
a1710 G. Bull Primitive Christianity (1713) III. 885 The Spirit of God in Person is not the immediate Suggester of this Conclusion.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 1805 in Poems I Suggesters to his soul of higher things.
1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 99 I also was the suggester, father, and founder in London of the Rabelais Club.
1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 206 Some telepathic impact from the suggester's mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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