Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
synonyms: cerebrate, think.
Roget 451:
think,
reflect,
cogitate,
excogitate†,
consider,
deliberate;
bestow thought upon,
bestow consideration upon;
speculate,
contemplate,
meditate,
ponder,
muse,
dream,
ruminate;
brood over,
con over;
animadvert,
study;
bend the mind,
apply the mind
etc.
(attend)
457;
digest,
discuss,
hammer at,
weigh,
perpend;
realize,
appreciate;
fancy
etc.
(imagine)
515;
trow†.
take into consideration;
take counsel
etc.
(be advised)
695;
commune with oneself,
bethink oneself;
collect one's thoughts;
revolve in the mind,
turn over in the mind,
run over in the mind;
chew the cud upon,
sleep upon;
take counsel of one's pillow,
advise with one's pillow.
rack one's brains,
ransack one's brains,
crack one's brains,
beat one's brains,
cudgel one's brains;
set one's brain to work,
set one's wits to work.
harbor an idea,
entertain an idea,
cherish an idea,
nurture an idea
etc.
453;
take into one's head;
bear in mind;
reconsider.
occur;
present itself,
suggest itself;
come into one's head,
get into one's head;
strike one,
flit across the view,
come uppermost,
run in one s head;
enter the mind,
pass in the mind,
cross the mind,
flash on the mind,
flash across the mind,
float in the mind,
fasten itself on the mind,
be uppermost in the mind,
occupy the mind;
have in one's mind.
make an impression;
sink into the mind,
penetrate into the mind;
engross the thoughts.
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Dutch: peinzen, het hoofd gebruiken, de hersens inspannen, de hersens laten werken, reflecteren, nadenken, denken, dunken