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(v)
(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
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(transitive) To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate.
(transitive) To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.
(idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
(n)
Of a person: a source of inspiration.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(adj)
Having been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
(adv)
(informal) Given the circumstances; all in all; all things considered.
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
To generate an idea.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
Done on purpose; intentional.
(intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
(archaic) To ponder, consider.
A tiny opening in the skin.
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
(transitive) To consider as a course of action.
To consider; to ponder.
(rare, archaic, transitive) To ponder over or about.
(intransitive, colloquial) To ponder.
To like; to hold in high esteem; to look upon favourably.
(transitive, idiomatic) To consider, to ponder.
(Internet slang) To think deeply; to ponder.
(Physical movement.) (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
(transitive) To think about; to meditate concerning.
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
To ponder again.
(idiomatic, transitive) To consider a weighty topic or idea.
To ponder or reason out philosophically.
(archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
(Southern US) To consider thoroughly; to ponder for a while.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
Obsolete spelling of think. [(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.]
To cause to think about; to evoke.
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
Obsolete form of think. [(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.]
(transitive, idiomatic) To consider, to contemplate, to intend.
(transitive, literally) To test an item of clothing by wearing it, to determine if it is the correct size.
To think or analyze too much.
To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
A surname.
(transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
Pronunciation spelling of speculate. [(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.]
(transitive) To think carefully about (something), and give it due consideration.
(transitive) To consider, think about, or evaluate (something or someone).
(intransitive, Scientology) To become aware, or think so as to become aware, of some fundamental truth.
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
(informal) To accept, observe and experience a phenomenon, usually an emotion or feeling.
That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
Archaic form of consider. [(transitive) To think about seriously.]
An act of throwing.
The capability for rational thought.
(slang) penis
(transitive, slightly more formal) Alternative form of dwell on.
To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.
To reflect on and reframe an event; to reconsider.
To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
(text messaging) Abbreviation of thank. [(transitive) To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).]
(idiomatic) To watch; to observe without participating.
The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
Of a mind; willing; inclined to.
Any salt of cerebric acid (cerebrin).
To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
(transitive) to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably
(transitive) To regret.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
(transitive, figurative) To exploit or victimize.
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
To chew or masticate again.
(rare, archaic) To admire, wonder.
(informal) Perquisite.
(figuratively) To think carefully about what one will say.
To chew again.
The current moment or period of time.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
(transitive) To bring to mind; to perceive or envision consciously.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
To remain in consideration of a matter.