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Premeditate

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

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Consider 76% connected

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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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Debate 76% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Deliberate 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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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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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Moot 76% connected

See 1st Mot.

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ponder 76% connected

To weigh.

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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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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Forethought 74% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Forethought 74% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Premeditation 74% connected

The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Premeditation 74% connected

The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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