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suggest

[suhg-jest, suh-]
verb (used with object)
  1. to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
  2. to propose (a person or thing) as suitable or possible for some purpose: We suggested him for president.
  3. (of things) to prompt the consideration, making, doing, etc., of: The glove suggests that she was at the scene of the crime.
  4. to bring before a person's mind indirectly or without plain expression: I didn't tell him to leave, I only suggested it.
  5. to call (something) up in the mind through association or natural connection of ideas: The music suggests a still night.
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Origin of suggest

1520–30; < Latin suggestus (past participle of suggerere to build up, supply, hint, suggest), equivalent to sug- sug- + ges- (past participle stem of gerere to carry, do, display) + -tus past participle suffix
Related formssug·gest·ed·ness, nounsug·gest·er, nounsug·gest·ing·ly, adverbpre·sug·gest, verb (used with object)un·sug·gest·ed, adjectiveun·sug·gest·ing, adjective

Synonyms for suggest

2. recommend, advise. 4. indicate, imply. See hint.
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Examples from the Web for suggester

Historical Examples of suggester

  • Conviction is as necessary to the suggester as to his subject.

    Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion

    Emile Cou

  • Maybe that most subtle person the devil is the suggester of these motives.

  • She is the experimenter and the suggester of new combinations.

    Backlog Studies

    Charles Dudley Warner

  • In the transferring of this crown he was in no sense the agent or the suggester.

  • However, I do not pretend to be an adviser,—only a suggester.

British Dictionary definitions for suggester

suggest

verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
  1. to put forward (a plan, idea, etc) for considerationI suggest Smith for the post; a plan suggested itself
  2. to evoke (a person, thing, etc) in the mind of someone by the association of ideasthat painting suggests home to me
  3. to give an indirect or vague hint ofhis face always suggests his peace of mind
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Derived Formssuggester, noun

Word Origin for suggest

C16: from Latin suggerere to bring up, from sub- + gerere to bring
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Word Origin and History for suggester

suggest

v.

1520s, from Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerere (see suggestion). Related: Suggested; suggesting.

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