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3. Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.Shak. Syn. To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate. Suggest And ever weaker grows through acted crime,Tennyson. Suggester Suggestion Why do I yield to that suggestion?Shak. Syn. Hint; allusion; intimation; insinuation. Suggestion, Hint. A hint is the briefest or most indirect mode of calling one's attention to a subject. A suggestion is a putting of something before the mind for consideration, an indirect or guarded mode of presenting argument or advice. A hint is usually something slight or covert, and may by merely negative in its character. A suggestion is ordinarily intended to furnish us with some practical assistance or direction. "He gave me a hint of my danger, and added some suggestions as to the means of avoiding it." Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,Pope. Arthur, whom they say is killed to-nightShak. Suggestive Suggestment They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment.Hare. Suggestress Suggil Suggillate |
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