propose, suggest, advise
(verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something; “the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax”
hint, suggest
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint
suggest, evoke, paint a picture
(verb) call to mind; “this remark evoked sadness”
suggest, intimate
(verb) imply as a possibility; “The evidence suggests a need for more clarification”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
suggest (third-person singular simple present suggests, present participle suggesting, simple past and past participle suggested)
(transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
(transitive) To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
(obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
• (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing). See English catenative verbs
• (imply but stop short of saying explicitly): allude, hint, imply, insinuate, suggestion
• (ask for without demanding): propose
• See also advise
Source: Wiktionary
Sug*gest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting.] Etym: [L. suggestus, p.p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]
1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke.
2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.] Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak.
4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
Syn.
– To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.
Sug*gest", v. i.
Definition: To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
