suggestionn.

Brit.

/səˈdʒɛstʃən/,

/səˈdʒɛʃtʃən/, U.S.

/səˈdʒɛstʃən/,

/səɡˈdʒɛstʃən/,

/səˈdʒɛʃtʃən/,

/səɡˈdʒɛʃtʃən/

Forms: Middle English suggestyun, suggestione, suggestioun, soggestioun, Middle English–1500s suggestyon, (Middle English, Scottish1500s sugestioun, Middle English sugiestion, sugiestyoun, 1500s suggesteon), Middle English– suggestion. See also subjestion n. (cf. Old French subjestion).

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Old French suggestioun (modern French suggestion ), = Provençal suggestio , Italian suggestione , Spanish sugestion , Portuguese suggestão , < Latin suggestio , -ōnem , noun of action < suggerĕre to suggest v.

†1.

a. Prompting or incitement to evil; an instance of this, a temptation of the evil one. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > to evil or lawlessness

suggestiona1340

solicitation1835

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiv. 2 Þof þai waite nyght and daye with ill suggestions to till me til syn.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋331 Deedly synne hath first suggestion of the feend.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxvi. 303 Tribulacion of þe wordle, temptacion of flesh, and sugiestion of þe devill.

c1460 Wisdom 497 in Macro Plays 52 Mynde. To þis suggestyon a-gre we. Wndyrstondynge. Delyght þer-In, I haue truly. Wyll. And I consent þer-to frelye.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii^v As long as y^e mynde is nat moued by y^e false suggestion..there is the lesse ieopardy: as wele, whan he fayneth any thyng by suggestion that is good, or [etc.].

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 127 Be thrie degreis men principallie cummis to sinne, be suggestion, delectation, and consent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 218 Then arme thy constant and thy nobler parts Against these giddy loose suggestions .

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 227 That which is spoken, and done by Satanicall Suggestion.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 129 The first sort by thir own suggestion fell, Self-tempted, self-deprav'd.

†b. In extended sense: A prompting from within, (hence) intention. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose

willeOE

highOE

thoughtOE

intent?c1225

achesounc1230

attenta1250

couragec1320

devicec1320

minda1325

studya1382

understanding1382

suggestionc1390

meaninga1393

i-minda1400

minta1400

tent1399

castc1400

ettlingc1400

affecta1425

advicec1425

intention1430

purposec1430

proposea1450

intendment1450

supposing?c1450

pretensionc1456

intellectionc1460

zeal1492

hest?a1513

minting?a1513

institute?1520

intendingc1525

mindfulness1530

cogitationa1538

fordrift1549

forecast1549

designing1566

tention1587

levela1591

intendiment1595

design1597

suppose1597

aim1598

regarda1616

idea1617

contemplationa1631

speculation1631

way of thinking1650

designation1658

tend1663

would1753

predetermination1764

will to art1920

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. 69 Bidders and Beggers Beoþ not in þe Bulle, Bote þe suggestion be soþ þat schapeþ hem to Begge.

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 964 His suggesteon was to subdew the Yrysh men.

a. The action of prompting one to a particular action or course of action; the putting into the mind of an idea, an object of thought, a plan, or the like; an instance of this, an idea or thought suggested, a proposal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun]

suggestion1382

proposition1641

whisperinga1682

suggestment1827

suggesting power1828

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > instance of

suggestion1382

supposal1715

suggesting1867

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > suggestion

propositiona1382

suggestion1382

subjectionc1405

subjestion1443

incasting1469

submonition1562

suggestc1614

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xl. 14 That thow make suggestioun to Pharao, that he lede me out of this prisoun.

c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ xlvii At this suggestioun of John, oure lady..wolde no lenger letten his buryinge.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 400 Brefis were directed to hym at the suggestion of the abbesse of Godestowe.

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 1200 Some men myght aske a question, By whose suggestyon I toke on hand this warke, Thus boldly for to barke?

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 264 The later testament doth not take away the former, the later being made at the interrogation or suggestion of some other person.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. vi. 8 There went out a decree.., by the suggestion of Ptolomee, against the Iewes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 We are unready to put in execution the suggestions or dictates of reason.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 599 Believe not these suggestions which proceed From anguish of the mind.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Testament is said to be made by Suggestion, when 'tis made by Surprize, and contrary to the Intention of the Testator.

1736 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 7–14 Oct. 1/2 America was not heard of, nor so much as a Suggestion in the Minds of Men, that any Part of the World lay that Way.

1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lvi. 78 The wild suggestions of an heated imagination.

1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. ii. 32 Did you not solemnly swear to her to follow my suggestions?

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 169 At the suggestion of friends a subscription was raised.

1874 J. Parker Paraclete xviii. 345 Any suggestion to the effect that theology is hostile to science is a lie.

1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin ii. 25 Erasmus Darwin gave us brilliant suggestions rather than cumulative proof.

†b. A foreboding, apprehension. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil

whatec1000

foreboding1603

infausting1622

suggestion1748

misboding1825

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 257 These gloomy suggestions were at length happily ended.

c. Hypnotism. The insinuation of a belief or impulse into the mind of a subject by words, gestures, or the like; the impulse or idea thus suggested.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > suggestion

suggestion1887

suggestionism1892

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > treatment by psychical influence

mind-healing1826

psychopathy1851

mind cure1855

phrenopathy1855

psychotherapeutics1872

mental healing1885

suggestion1887

psychotherapy1892

psychotherapeutica1901

1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Mar. 595/2 MM. Fontan and Segard communicated several cases of cure by suggestion.

1892 19th Cent. Jan. 24 Proceedings by which Sarchas..gave sight to the blind..were essentially methods of what we should now call ‘suggestion’.

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. p. xxxv I define suggestion as ‘successful appeal to the subliminal self’.

†3. The act of making a false or suborned statement or supplying underhand information; an instance of this, a false representation or charge. Often false suggestion (= Anglo-Norman fause suggestioun, Britton). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun]

suggestionc1380

pretensionc1449

misallegation1591

tort1632

pretence1754

falsism1835

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > making of

suggestionc1380

misallegingc1559

pretend1602

misrepresentation1641

fabrication1790

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 216 Þis appropringe is geten bi fals suggestion maad to Anticrist.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 427 Roger, which þat Bisshope was of Pize, Hadde on hym maad a fals suggestion.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 153 Þe Samaritans..lette hire work with sugestiouns and wiþ ȝiftes.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 227 Fals suggestiones, be which many men were disherid of her londis.

c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 408 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 136 Þe wikit wyf of putefere,..gert hyme be tane falsely & haldine lang in-to preson thru hyr wikit suggestione.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxxiiii^v This Cardinal [sc. Wolsey]..by craftie suggestion gatte into his handes innumerable treasure.

1552 King Edward VI Jrnl. (Roxburghe Club) II. 423 Whalley..confessed..how in his accoumptes he had made many false suggestions.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Alexander the Great in Panoplie Epist. 235 Thou diddest vse all the suggestions that euer thou couldest inuent..to make them take weapon in hande againste mee.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. E As heauens haue knowne my secret thoughts, So am I free from this suggestion [of murder].

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. E^v The hopeles life which thou..sought, By thy suggestions to haue massacred.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 2 If any of these causes be untrue, and the Coroner therby discharged of his office by a false suggestion.]

4. Law. An information not upon oath. suggestion upon record: an information drawn in writing showing cause for a prohibition to a suit.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation > criminal charge > based on allegation not indictment > not upon oath

suggestion1485

1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 292/2 The said Thomas..was committed to the Tower..by the comaundement of Edward the IIII^th..uppon a Suggestion and Ympeachment made to hym, that [etc.].

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §14 Under the Copie of the saide lybell shalbe written the Suggestyon wherefore the partie soe demaundeth the saide Prohibicion.

1651 tr. J. Kitchin Courts Leet (1653) 297 Where a Grant of the King is not only of his meere motion, but also of suggestion, there, if any part of the suggestion bee not true, the whole Grant is voyd.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. 113 The party..applies to the superior court, setting forth in a suggestion upon record the nature and cause of his complaint.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxiii. 305 This mode of prosecution, by information (or suggestion) filed on record by the king's attorney general.

1835 Tomlins' Law-Dict. (at cited word) There are suggestions in replevin for a returno habendo, which, it is said, are not traversable.

1852 Act 15 & 16 Victoria c. 76 §191 In case the Right of the deceased Claimant shall survive to another Claimant, a Suggestion may be made of the Death, which Suggestion shall not be traversable.

5. The process by which an idea brings to the mind another idea by association or natural connection.For the specific uses in the philosophical terminology of Reid and T. Brown, see quots. 1764, 1820, 1820.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [noun]

suggestion1605

association1700

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Nn4^v The other part of Invention, which I terme Svggestion, doth assigne and direct vs to certaine Markes or Places, which may excite our Minde to returne and produce such Knowledge, as it hath formerly collected.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind ii. §7 I beg leave to make use of the word suggestion, because I know not one more proper, to express a power of the mind..to which we owe many of our simple notions which are neither impressions nor ideas, as well as many original principles of belief.

1820 T. Brown Lect. Philos. Human Mind II. xxxiii. 190 There is..in the mind a capacity of association; or the capacity of Simple Suggestion,—by which feelings, formerly existing, are revived,..as there is also a capacity of feeling resemblance,..or relation in general,..which mental capacity I would term the capacity of Relative Suggestion.

1868 J. R. Lowell Shakespeare once More in Among my Bks. (1870) 1st Ser. 177 It is by suggestion, not cumulation, that profound impressions are made upon the imagination.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 732/1 [Brown] preferred the word Suggestion to Association, which seemed to him to imply some prior connecting process, whereof there was no evidence in many of the most important cases of suggestion.

6. An indication of the presence or existence (of something); a hint, an inkling.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]

feelc1485

inkling1529

intimation1531

insinuation1532

by-warning1542

byword1542

item1561

cue1565

air1567

vent1613

insusurration1614

hinta1616

injection1622

indication1626

infusion1641

side glance1693

ground bass1699

touch1706

side view1747

sidewipe1757

allusion1766

penumbra1770

breath1795

slyness1823

by-hint1853

light1854

shove1857

suggestion1863

sous-entendu1865

point1870

sidewiper1870

sniff1936

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 82 A faint suggestion of weariness struggling with habitual patience.

1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics v. 60 Pure grey or bluish-grey without any suggestion of green.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner iv. 36 His presence had no suggestion of strength.

7. Misused for subjection n. (sense 1b). For the reverse see subjection n. ¶12.

ΚΠ

a1400 Ipomedon (Kölbing) 323 All the lordes aboute him were vndre his suggestion and did him homage.

Compounds

suggestion-book n. a book in which are put written suggestions containing proposals for the alteration or improvement of the administration of an establishment, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > suggestion book or box

suggestion-book1882

1882 Suggestion Book (Bodleian Library).

1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline iv. 113 I put it down in the suggestion-book six weeks ago.

1967 V. Gielgud Conduct of Member i. 11 The Suggestion Book of the Fonthill Club was much like others of its kind. Its contents..dealt with the apparent shortcomings of the House Committee.

suggestion box n. a box for suggestions; see suggestion-book n.

ΚΠ

1907 Daily Chron. 20 July 6/7 A ‘suggestion box,’ into which any worker may drop a suggestion for the increased comfort of the staff.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suggestion
释义	suggestionn. Brit. /səˈdʒɛstʃən/, /səˈdʒɛʃtʃən/, U.S. /səˈdʒɛstʃən/, /səɡˈdʒɛstʃən/, /səˈdʒɛʃtʃən/, /səɡˈdʒɛʃtʃən/ Forms: Middle English suggestyun, suggestione, suggestioun, soggestioun, Middle English–1500s suggestyon, (Middle English, Scottish1500s sugestioun, Middle English sugiestion, sugiestyoun, 1500s suggesteon), Middle English– suggestion. See also subjestion n. (cf. Old French subjestion). Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Old French suggestioun (modern French suggestion ), = Provençal suggestio , Italian suggestione , Spanish sugestion , Portuguese suggestão , < Latin suggestio , -ōnem , noun of action < suggerĕre to suggest v. †1. a. Prompting or incitement to evil; an instance of this, a temptation of the evil one. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > to evil or lawlessness suggestiona1340 solicitation1835 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiv. 2 Þof þai waite nyght and daye with ill suggestions to till me til syn. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋331 Deedly synne hath first suggestion of the feend. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxvi. 303 Tribulacion of þe wordle, temptacion of flesh, and sugiestion of þe devill. c1460 Wisdom 497 in Macro Plays 52 Mynde. To þis suggestyon a-gre we. Wndyrstondynge. Delyght þer-In, I haue truly. Wyll. And I consent þer-to frelye. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii^v As long as y^e mynde is nat moued by y^e false suggestion..there is the lesse ieopardy: as wele, whan he fayneth any thyng by suggestion that is good, or [etc.]. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 127 Be thrie degreis men principallie cummis to sinne, be suggestion, delectation, and consent. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 218 Then arme thy constant and thy nobler parts Against these giddy loose suggestions . View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 227 That which is spoken, and done by Satanicall Suggestion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 129 The first sort by thir own suggestion fell, Self-tempted, self-deprav'd. View more context for this quotation †b. In extended sense: A prompting from within, (hence) intention. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. 69 Bidders and Beggers Beoþ not in þe Bulle, Bote þe suggestion be soþ þat schapeþ hem to Begge. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 964 His suggesteon was to subdew the Yrysh men. 2. a. The action of prompting one to a particular action or course of action; the putting into the mind of an idea, an object of thought, a plan, or the like; an instance of this, an idea or thought suggested, a proposal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] suggestion1382 proposition1641 whisperinga1682 suggestment1827 suggesting power1828 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > instance of suggestion1382 supposal1715 suggesting1867 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > suggestion propositiona1382 suggestion1382 subjectionc1405 subjestion1443 incasting1469 submonition1562 suggestc1614 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xl. 14 That thow make suggestioun to Pharao, that he lede me out of this prisoun. c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ xlvii At this suggestioun of John, oure lady..wolde no lenger letten his buryinge. c1450 Godstow Reg. 400 Brefis were directed to hym at the suggestion of the abbesse of Godestowe. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 1200 Some men myght aske a question, By whose suggestyon I toke on hand this warke, Thus boldly for to barke? 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 264 The later testament doth not take away the former, the later being made at the interrogation or suggestion of some other person. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. vi. 8 There went out a decree.., by the suggestion of Ptolomee, against the Iewes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 We are unready to put in execution the suggestions or dictates of reason. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 599 Believe not these suggestions which proceed From anguish of the mind. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Testament is said to be made by Suggestion, when 'tis made by Surprize, and contrary to the Intention of the Testator. 1736 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 7–14 Oct. 1/2 America was not heard of, nor so much as a Suggestion in the Minds of Men, that any Part of the World lay that Way. 1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lvi. 78 The wild suggestions of an heated imagination. 1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. ii. 32 Did you not solemnly swear to her to follow my suggestions? 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 169 At the suggestion of friends a subscription was raised. 1874 J. Parker Paraclete xviii. 345 Any suggestion to the effect that theology is hostile to science is a lie. 1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin ii. 25 Erasmus Darwin gave us brilliant suggestions rather than cumulative proof. †b. A foreboding, apprehension. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil whatec1000 foreboding1603 infausting1622 suggestion1748 misboding1825 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 257 These gloomy suggestions were at length happily ended. c. Hypnotism. The insinuation of a belief or impulse into the mind of a subject by words, gestures, or the like; the impulse or idea thus suggested. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > suggestion suggestion1887 suggestionism1892 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > treatment by psychical influence mind-healing1826 psychopathy1851 mind cure1855 phrenopathy1855 psychotherapeutics1872 mental healing1885 suggestion1887 psychotherapy1892 psychotherapeutica1901 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Mar. 595/2 MM. Fontan and Segard communicated several cases of cure by suggestion. 1892 19th Cent. Jan. 24 Proceedings by which Sarchas..gave sight to the blind..were essentially methods of what we should now call ‘suggestion’. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. p. xxxv I define suggestion as ‘successful appeal to the subliminal self’. †3. The act of making a false or suborned statement or supplying underhand information; an instance of this, a false representation or charge. Often false suggestion (= Anglo-Norman fause suggestioun, Britton). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] suggestionc1380 pretensionc1449 misallegation1591 tort1632 pretence1754 falsism1835 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > making of suggestionc1380 misallegingc1559 pretend1602 misrepresentation1641 fabrication1790 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 216 Þis appropringe is geten bi fals suggestion maad to Anticrist. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 427 Roger, which þat Bisshope was of Pize, Hadde on hym maad a fals suggestion. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 153 Þe Samaritans..lette hire work with sugestiouns and wiþ ȝiftes. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 227 Fals suggestiones, be which many men were disherid of her londis. c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 408 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 136 Þe wikit wyf of putefere,..gert hyme be tane falsely & haldine lang in-to preson thru hyr wikit suggestione. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxxiiii^v This Cardinal [sc. Wolsey]..by craftie suggestion gatte into his handes innumerable treasure. 1552 King Edward VI Jrnl. (Roxburghe Club) II. 423 Whalley..confessed..how in his accoumptes he had made many false suggestions. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Alexander the Great in Panoplie Epist. 235 Thou diddest vse all the suggestions that euer thou couldest inuent..to make them take weapon in hande againste mee. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. E As heauens haue knowne my secret thoughts, So am I free from this suggestion [of murder]. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. E^v The hopeles life which thou..sought, By thy suggestions to haue massacred. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 2 If any of these causes be untrue, and the Coroner therby discharged of his office by a false suggestion.] 4. Law. An information not upon oath. suggestion upon record: an information drawn in writing showing cause for a prohibition to a suit. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation > criminal charge > based on allegation not indictment > not upon oath suggestion1485 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 292/2 The said Thomas..was committed to the Tower..by the comaundement of Edward the IIII^th..uppon a Suggestion and Ympeachment made to hym, that [etc.]. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §14 Under the Copie of the saide lybell shalbe written the Suggestyon wherefore the partie soe demaundeth the saide Prohibicion. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Courts Leet (1653) 297 Where a Grant of the King is not only of his meere motion, but also of suggestion, there, if any part of the suggestion bee not true, the whole Grant is voyd. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. 113 The party..applies to the superior court, setting forth in a suggestion upon record the nature and cause of his complaint. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxiii. 305 This mode of prosecution, by information (or suggestion) filed on record by the king's attorney general. 1835 Tomlins' Law-Dict. (at cited word) There are suggestions in replevin for a returno habendo, which, it is said, are not traversable. 1852 Act 15 & 16 Victoria c. 76 §191 In case the Right of the deceased Claimant shall survive to another Claimant, a Suggestion may be made of the Death, which Suggestion shall not be traversable. 5. The process by which an idea brings to the mind another idea by association or natural connection.For the specific uses in the philosophical terminology of Reid and T. Brown, see quots. 1764, 1820, 1820. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [noun] suggestion1605 association1700 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Nn4^v The other part of Invention, which I terme Svggestion, doth assigne and direct vs to certaine Markes or Places, which may excite our Minde to returne and produce such Knowledge, as it hath formerly collected. View more context for this quotation 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind ii. §7 I beg leave to make use of the word suggestion, because I know not one more proper, to express a power of the mind..to which we owe many of our simple notions which are neither impressions nor ideas, as well as many original principles of belief. 1820 T. Brown Lect. Philos. Human Mind II. xxxiii. 190 There is..in the mind a capacity of association; or the capacity of Simple Suggestion,—by which feelings, formerly existing, are revived,..as there is also a capacity of feeling resemblance,..or relation in general,..which mental capacity I would term the capacity of Relative Suggestion. 1868 J. R. Lowell Shakespeare once More in Among my Bks. (1870) 1st Ser. 177 It is by suggestion, not cumulation, that profound impressions are made upon the imagination. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 732/1 [Brown] preferred the word Suggestion to Association, which seemed to him to imply some prior connecting process, whereof there was no evidence in many of the most important cases of suggestion. 6. An indication of the presence or existence (of something); a hint, an inkling. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 82 A faint suggestion of weariness struggling with habitual patience. 1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics v. 60 Pure grey or bluish-grey without any suggestion of green. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner iv. 36 His presence had no suggestion of strength. 7. Misused for subjection n. (sense 1b). For the reverse see subjection n. ¶12. ΚΠ a1400 Ipomedon (Kölbing) 323 All the lordes aboute him were vndre his suggestion and did him homage. Compounds suggestion-book n. a book in which are put written suggestions containing proposals for the alteration or improvement of the administration of an establishment, or the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > suggestion book or box suggestion-book1882 1882 Suggestion Book (Bodleian Library). 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline iv. 113 I put it down in the suggestion-book six weeks ago. 1967 V. Gielgud Conduct of Member i. 11 The Suggestion Book of the Fonthill Club was much like others of its kind. Its contents..dealt with the apparent shortcomings of the House Committee. suggestion box n. a box for suggestions; see suggestion-book n. ΚΠ 1907 Daily Chron. 20 July 6/7 A ‘suggestion box,’ into which any worker may drop a suggestion for the increased comfort of the staff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1340
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