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English Dictionary: thought by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thought
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thought
n
  1. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
    Synonym(s): idea, thought
  2. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
    Synonym(s): thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
  3. the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"
  4. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
    Synonym(s): opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Think \Think\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Thinking}.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS.
      [thorn]yncean (cf. {Methinks}), but confounded with OE.
      thenken to think, fr. AS. [thorn]encean (imp.
      [thorn][d3]hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian,
      thunkian, G. denken, d[81]nken, Icel. [thorn]ekkja to
      perceive, to know, [thorn]ykkja to seem, Goth. [thorn]agkjan,
      [thorn]aggkjan, to think, [thorn]ygkjan 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thought \Thought\, n. [OE. [thorn]oght, [thorn]ouht, AS.
      [thorn][d3]ht, ge[thorn][d3]ht, fr. [thorn]encean to think;
      akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. d[be]ht, ged[be]ht, Icel.
      [thorn][d3]ttr, [thorn][d3]tti. See {Think}.]
      1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of
            its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
  
                     Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in
                     any sense to render it true that matter can become
                     cogitative.                                       --Dr. T.
                                                                              Dwight.
  
      2. Meditation; serious consideration.
  
                     Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
                     Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
                                                                              --Roscommon.
  
      3. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception,
            whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or
            intention.
  
                     Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts
                     which should indeed have died With them they think
                     on?                                                   --Shak.
  
                     Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my
                     only difficulty is to choose or to reject. --Dryden.
  
                     All their thoughts are against me for evil. --Ps.
                                                                              lvi. 5.
  
      4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
  
                     Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and
                     anguish before his business came to an end. --Bacon.
  
                     Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
                     what ye shall drink.                           --Matt. vi.
                                                                              25.
  
      5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought
            longer; a thought better. [Colloq.]
  
                     If the hair were a thought browner.   --Shak.
  
      Note: Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current,
               denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very
               highest intellectual functions, especially those
               usually comprehended under judgment.
  
                        This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the
                        [bd]elaborative faculty,[b8] -- the faculty of
                        relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is
                        properly denominated thought.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      Syn: Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion;
               supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation;
               contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thought \Thought\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Think}.
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