Think /(?)/
Think
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Thought; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking
- To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
For that I am I know, because I think.
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To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
Well thought upon; I have it here.
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To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
And when he thought thereon, he wept.
He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
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To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
Let them marry to whom they think best.
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To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
Thou thought'st to help me.
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To presume; to venture.
Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
Phrases & Compounds
- To think better of
- See under Better.
- To think much of
- to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.
Think
v. t.
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To conceive; to imagine.
Charity . . . thinketh no evil.
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To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.]
So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to think the death Of her own son.
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To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous other's aid.
Phrases & Compounds
- To think much
- to esteem a great matter; to grudge.
- To think scorn
- To disdain.
Think
n.
- Act of thinking; a thought. [Obs. or Colloq.]