Think \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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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][=o]hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian,
thunkian, G. denken, d["u]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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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