† suggerv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To prompt, suggest.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > influence by suggestion > suggest
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to speak of ——1586
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1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxx. sig. mm.i After as the spyryte dyabolycall them suggerneth [sic] in ye mater of usuryes.
1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (2 Thess.) iv. 52 The waies of the deuill that he suggyres to false teachers to deceiue men by are infinite.
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v.1502- go off half-cock
- go off half-cocked
- go off halfcock
- go off halfcocked
- go off like a bride's nightie
- go off like hot cakes
- go off on one
- go off one's dot
- go off one's legs
- go off pop
- go off set off at score
- go off set start at score
- go off the deep end
- go off the handle
- go off the hooks
- go off the pill
- go off the reservation
- go off the tool
- go off to sleep
- go off twanging
- go off with
- go off-patent
- go off-script
- go offpatent
- go offscript