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Webster 1913 Edition
Think
Think
,Verb.
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
.] 1.
To seem or appear; – used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
☞ 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.
2.
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
I know, because I
think
. Dryden.
3.
Specifically: – (a)
To call anything to mind; to remember;
as, I would have sent the books, but I did not
. think
of itWell
thought
upon; I have it here. Shakespeare
(b)
To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
And when he
thought
thereon, he wept. Mark xiv. 72.
He
thought
within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Luke xii. 17.
(c)
To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe;
as, I
. think
it will rain to-morrowLet them marry to whom they
think
best. Num. xxxvi. 6.
(d)
To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
I
thought
to promote thee unto great honor. Num. xxiv. 11.
Thou
thought’st
to help me. Shakespeare
(e)
To presume; to venture.
Think
not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. Matt. iii. 9.
☞ 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
. To think better of
. See under
– Better
. To think much of
, or To think well of
to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.
Think
,Verb.
T.
1.
To conceive; to imagine.
Charity . . .
thinketh
no evil. 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.
2.
To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
[Obs.]
So little womanhood
And natural goodness, as to
Of her own son.
And natural goodness, as to
think
the deathOf her own son.
Beau. & Fl.
3.
To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor
think
superfluous other's aid. Milton.
To think much
, to esteem a great matter; to grudge.
[Obs.]
“[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies.” Milton.
– To think scorn
. (a)
To disdain.
[Obs.]
“He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6.
(b)
To feel indignation.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Think
THINK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind. --For that I am
I know, because I think.
These are not matters to be slightly thought on.
2.
To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey. Let them marry to whom they think best. Num.36.
3.
To intend. Thou thought'st to help me.
I thought to promote thee to great honor. Num.24.
4.
To imagine; to suppose; to fancy. Edmund, I think, is gone
In pity of his misery, to dispatch
His 'nighted life.
Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 cor.10.
5.
To muse; to meditate. While Peter thought on the vision--Acts 10.
Think much, speak little.
6.
To reflect; to recollect or call to mind. And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14.
7.
To consider; to deliberate. Think how this thing could happen. He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?
Luke 12.
8.
To presume. Think not to say within yourselves,we have Abraham to our father-- Matt.3.
9.
To believe; to esteem.To think on or upon, to muse on; to meditate on.
If there by any virtue,and if there by any praise, think on these things. Phil.4.
1.
To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.2.
To remember with favor. Think upon me, my God, for good. Neh.5.
To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem.
THINK
,Verb.
T.
Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Cor.13.
1.
To believe; to consider; to esteem. Nor think superfluous others' aid.
2.
To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case; almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax 'genoh thuht,' satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient; 'me thineth,' mihi videtur, it seems to me; I perceive.To think much, to grudge.
He thought not much to clothe his enemies.
To think much of, to hold in high esteem.
To think scorn, to disdain. Esth. 3.