Think /(?)/

Think

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Thought; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking

  1. To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
  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 think.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
    — Num. xxxvi. 6.
  6. 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.
  7. To presume; to venture.
    Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
    — Matt. iii. 9.

Phrases & Compounds

To think better of
See under Better.
To think much of
to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.

Think

v. 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 think the death Of her own son.
  3. 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.
  1. Act of thinking; a thought. [Obs. or Colloq.]