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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Verb group 14

Construe 84% connected

To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to ex…

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Construe 84% connected

To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to ex…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Debate 84% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Debate 84% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Deliberate 84% connected

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

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Deliberate 84% connected

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

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Interpret 84% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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Interpret 84% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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Moot 84% connected

See 1st Mot.

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Moot 84% connected

See 1st Mot.

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Study 84% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Study 84% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Manner of action 47

Abstract 76% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Analyse 76% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 76% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Appreciate 76% connected

To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Capitalize 76% connected

To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

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Compare 76% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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Contemplate 76% connected

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…

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Dally 76% connected

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

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Debate 76% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Deem 76% connected

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

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Disesteem 76% connected

Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

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Disrespect 76% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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Equate 76% connected

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…

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Esteem 76% connected

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Favor 76% connected

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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Favour 76% connected

an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Idealize 76% connected

To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Like 76% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Liken 76% connected

To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Premeditate 76% connected

To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.

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Prise 76% connected

An enterprise.

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Prize 76% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Reconsider 76% connected

To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Repute 76% connected

To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Think 76% connected

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

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Treasure 76% connected

Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.

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Trifle 76% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

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Value 76% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Wrestle 76% connected

To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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Analyse 76% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 76% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Believe 76% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Conceive 76% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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Contemplate 76% connected

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Excogitate 76% connected

To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Meditate 76% connected

To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.

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Mull 76% connected

A thin, soft kind of muslin.

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Muse 76% connected

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

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Ponder 76% connected

To weigh.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Reflect 76% connected

To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Ruminate 76% connected

To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Speculate 76% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Think 76% connected

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

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Consideration 74% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Consideration 74% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Regard 74% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Regard 74% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Synonym 15

Believe 92% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conceive 92% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Count 92% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Debate 92% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deliberate 92% connected

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moot 92% connected

See 1st Mot.

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Reckon 92% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 92% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

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Think 92% connected

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

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View 92% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Weigh 92% connected

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

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Near synonym 1

Think 92% connected

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

general 78% interchangeable

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