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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

(4):

(n.) That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.

(5):

(n.) The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.

(6):

(n.) Charge; complaint; accusation.