Brooding: alternatives and connections

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

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Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

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The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

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Inclined to brood.

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Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

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A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

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Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood.

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of Muse

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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

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The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.

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of Ponder

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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

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