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(b) And when he thought thereon, he wept.Mark xiv. 72. He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?Luke xii. 17. Let them marry to whom they think best.Num. xxxvi. 6. I thought to promote thee unto great honor.Num. xxiv. 11. Thou thought'st to help me.Shak. Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.Matt. iii. 9. To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts preëminently rational; to judge; to compare; to reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as "comprehending all our collective energies." It is defined by Mansel as "the act of knowing or judging by means of concepts,"by Lotze as "the reaction of the mind on the material supplied by external influences." See Thought. Syn. To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder; contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe. See Expect, Guess. Charity . . . thinketh no evil.1 Cor. xiii. 4,5. So little womanhoodBeau. & Fl. Nor think superfluous other's aid.Milton. |
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