Su*ges"cent (?), a. [L. sugere to suck.] Of or pertaining to sucking.
[R.] Paley.
Sug*gest" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Suggesting.] [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.