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91meditate — meditatingly, adv. meditator, n. /med i tayt /, v., meditated, meditating. v.i. 1. to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect. 2. to engage in transcendental meditation, devout religious contemplation, or quiescent spiritual introspection.… …
92muse — muser, n. /myoohz/, v., mused, musing. v.i. 1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. v.t. 3. to meditate on. 4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. [1300 50; ME musen to mutter …
93ponder — ponderer, n. /pon deuhr/, v.i. 1. to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often fol. by over or upon). v.t. 2. to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully: He pondered his next words thoroughly. [1300 50; ME pondren < MF… …
94reflect — reflectedly, adv. reflectedness, n. reflectibility, n. reflectible, adj. reflectingly, adv. /ri flekt /, v.t. 1. to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall. 2. to give back or show an… …
95speculate — /spek yeuh layt /, v.i., speculated, speculating. 1. to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often fol. by on, upon, or a clause). 2. to indulge in conjectural thought. 3. to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or …
96Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …
97Daoism — or Taoism Major Chinese religio philosophical tradition. Though the concept of dao was employed by all Chinese schools of thought, Daoism arose out of the promotion of dao as the social ideal. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of… …
98deliberate — de·lib·er·ate 1 /di li bə ˌrāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vi: to think about and weigh or discuss issues and decisions carefully the jury retired to deliberate vt: to think about or evaluate de·lib·er·ate 2 /di li bə rət/ adj …
99speculate — verb a) to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate b) to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to …
100think — 1. verb /θɪŋk/ a) to ponder, to go over in ones head Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be. b) To communicate to oneself in ones mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. I thought for three hours about the problem and… …
