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   Think , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thought ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. þyncean (cf. Methinks), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. þencean (imp. þōhte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dünken, Icel. þekkja to perceive, to know, þykkja to seem, Goth. þagkjan, þaggkjan, to think, þygkjan to think, to seem, OL. tongere to know. Cf. Thank, Thought.]
   To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought. 
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   ☞ These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions me is in the dative case.
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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.
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   For that I am
   I know, because I think.
   Dryden.
   
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    Specifically: -- (a) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
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   Well thought upon; I have it here.
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   (b) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
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   And when he thought thereon, he wept.
   Mark xiv. 72.
   
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   He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
   Luke xii. 17.
   
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   (c) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
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   Let them marry to whom they think best.
   Num. xxxvi. 6.
   
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   (d) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
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   I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
   Num. xxiv. 11.
   
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   Thou thought'st to help me.
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   (e) To presume; to venture.
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   Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
   Matt. iii. 9.
   
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   ☞ To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts preeminently rational; to judge; to compare; to reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as “comprehending all our collective energies.” It is defined by Mansel as “the act of knowing or judging by means of concepts,”by Lotze as “the reaction of the mind on the material supplied by external influences.” See Thought.
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   To think better of. See under Better. -- To think much of, or To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.
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   Syn. -- To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder; contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe. See Expect, Guess.
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   Thought , imp. & p. p. of Think.
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   Thought, n. [OE. þoght, þouht, AS. þōht, geþōht, fr. þencean to think; akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. dāht, gedāht, Icel. þōttr, þōtti. See Think.]
    The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
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   Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.
   Dr. T. Dwight.
   
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   Meditation; serious consideration.
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   Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
   Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
   Roscommon.
   
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   That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
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   Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
   Pope.
   
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   Why do you keep alone, . . . 
   Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
   With them they think on?
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   Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject.
   Dryden.
   
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   All their thoughts are against me for evil.
   Ps. lvi. 5.
   
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   Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
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   Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.
   Bacon.
   
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   Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.
   Matt. vi. 25.
   
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   A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better. [Colloq.]
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   If the hair were a thought browner.
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   ☞ Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current, denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very highest intellectual functions, especially those usually comprehended under judgment.
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   This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the “elaborative faculty,” -- the faculty of relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is properly denominated thought.
   Sir W. Hamilton.
   
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   Syn. -- Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion; supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation; contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.
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