English Dictionary: thinking | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for thinking | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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]: | |
Thinking \Think"ing\, a. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- {Think"ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thinking \Think"ing\, n. The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment. I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. --Shak. |