n. [ Auto- + suggestion. ] (Med.) 1. Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, especially in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. hypnosis induced by oneself.
Syn. -- self-hypnosis, self-suggestion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong or evil suggestion. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To inform secretly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And ever weaker grows through acted crime,
Or seeming-genial, venial fault,
Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who suggests. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. suggestion, L. suggestio. ] 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why do I yield to that suggestion? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Charge; complaint; accusation. [ Obs. ] “A false suggestion.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol. & Metaph.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Hypnotism) The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- Hint; allusion; intimation; insinuation. -- Suggestion, Hint. A hint is the briefest or most indirect mode of calling one's attention to a subject. A suggestion is a putting of something before the mind for consideration, an indirect or guarded mode of presenting argument or advice. A hint is usually something slight or covert, and may by merely negative in its character. A suggestion is ordinarily intended to furnish us with some practical assistance or direction. “He gave me a hint of my danger, and added some suggestions as to the means of avoiding it.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night
On your suggestion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. -- Sug*gest"ive*ly, adv. -- Sug*gest"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Suggestion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who suggests. “The suggestress of suicides.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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