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(), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Thought (); p. pr. & vb. n.Thinking.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. yncean (cf. Methinks), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. encean (imp. hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dnken, Icel. ekkja to perceive, to know, ykkja to seem, Goth. agkjan, aggkjan, to think, 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. These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions me is in the dative case. 2. To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties. For that I am I know, because I think. Dryden. 3. Specifically: -- (a) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did no Think v. t. 1. To conceive; to imagine. Charity . . . thinketh no evil. 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5. 2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.] So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to think the death Of her own son. Beau. & Fl. 3. To believe; to consider; to esteem. Nor think superfluous other's aid. Milton. To think much, to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.] "[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies." Milton. To think scorn. (a) To disdain. [Obs.] "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." Esther iii. 6. (b) To feel indignation. [Obs.] Think n.Act of thinking; a thought. [Obs. or Colloq.] スポンサード リンク
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