Verb

(en verb)

To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

* (John Locke)

Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian

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To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

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To ask for without demanding.

To recommend.

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(obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

* (William Shakespeare)

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .

Verb

(obsolete) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.i:

For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust , / And meet respect of honour put to flight

* Rambler

a pomade of virtue to discuss pimples

* Sir H. Wotton

Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection.

To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

Let's sit down and discuss this rationally.

I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else.

(obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

* , Merry Wives of Windsor , act 1, sc. 3:

Nym : I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.

* , Henry V , act 4, sc. 1:

Pistol : Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?

To break to pieces; to shatter.

To deal with, in eating or drinking.

* Sir S. Baker

We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.

To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.