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  • 41ponder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. think, muse, cogitate; reflect, meditate, weigh, deliberate, consider. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. meditate, deliberate, consider, reflect; see think 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 42reflect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. throw back, cast back, mirror, imitate, reproduce, echo; meditate, ponder, muse, ruminate. See thought, light, disapprobation, copy. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To contemplate] Syn. speculate, muse, ponder …

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  • 43ruminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. meditate, ponder; chew, chew the cud. See food, thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To chew the cud] Syn. rechew, masticate, regurgitate; see chew . 2. [To ponder] Syn. meditate on, contemplate,… …

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  • 44speculate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. ponder, contemplate, meditate, theorize, conjecture, surmise; gamble, play the market. See thought, chance, barter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To think] Syn. contemplate, meditate, muse, reflect,… …

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  • 45cerebrate — verb use or exercise the mind or one s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments (Freq. 1) I ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere • Syn: ↑think, ↑cogitate • See Also: ↑think over (for …

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  • 46Precogitate — Pre*cog i*tate, v. t. [L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See {Pre }, and {Cogitate}.] To cogitate beforehand. [R.] Sherwood. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 47think — I. verb (thought; thinking) Etymology: Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old High German denken to think, Latin tongēre to know more at thanks Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to form or have in the mind 2. to… …

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  • 48List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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  • 49consider — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. deliberate, ponder, brood, contemplate, meditate, ruminate, reflect; speculate, turn, revolve, weigh, muse; believe, judge, deem; regard, take into account, heed, mark, notice, mind; entertain; esteem …

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  • 50mull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. think, reflect, consider, ruminate, ponder. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reflect, meditate, ponder; see think 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. ponder, reflect, think, consider, meditate,… …

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