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suggest

sug.gest \s*(g)-'jest\ vt [L suggestus, pp. of suggerere to put under, 
   furnish, suggest, fr.]sub- + gerere to carry - more at CAST obs  1a: to 
   seek to influence : SEDUCE  1b: to call forth : EVOKE  1c: to imply as a 
   possibility : INTIMATE  1d: to propose as desirable or fitting {~ a stroll} 
    1e: to offer for consideration or as a hypothesis  2a: to call to mind by 
   thought or association  2b: to serve as a motive or inspiration for  mean 
   to convey an idea indirectly. SUGGEST stresses putting into the mind by 
   association of ideas; IMPLY is close to SUGGEST but may indicate that the 
   unexpressed idea is more definitely or logically related to the expressed; 
   HINT implies the use of slight or remote suggestion with a minimum of overt 
   statement; INTIMATE stresses delicacy of suggestion without connoting any 
   lack of candor; INSINUATE applies to the conveying of a usu. unpleasant or 
   depreciatory idea in a sly, underhanded manner - sug.gest.er n SYN syn 
   SUGGEST, IMPLY, HINT, INTIMATE, INSINUATE