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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

Noun
an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"

Verb
bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

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recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

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be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks"

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use or exercise the mind or one''s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I''ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

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have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"

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expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

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judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

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dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"

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have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn''t think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

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focus one''s attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin"

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ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"

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decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?"

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imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

v. t.
To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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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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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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To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.

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To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.

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To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.

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To presume; to venture.

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To conceive; to imagine.

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To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

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To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Think

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. þ'd3hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, d'81nken, 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. &hand; 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 think.

3. Specifically: -- (a) 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.

(b) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.

And when he thought thereon, he wept.

He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

(c) 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.

(d) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.

I thought to promote thee unto great honor.

Thou thought'st to help me.

(e) To presume; to venture.

Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.

&hand; To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts pre'89minently 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, ∨ To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem highly. Syn. -- To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder; contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe. See Expect, Guess.

Think

Think, v. t. 1. To conceive; to imagine.

Charity . . . thinketh no evil.

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.

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.]

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

To conceive; to imagine.

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Usage Examples

'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

'Twilight' is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.

A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!'

A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

'Design Star' was incredible, and I didn't think it could get any better, and then 'Color Splash' happened.

'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexter.' I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn't mean that they are a harmless little bunny.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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Other Usage Examples

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side, a side that can be affected.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.