To consider or assume that a thing has the attributes or qualities of something else; for example, for certain legal purposes, a corporation is deemed to be a person.

chew-over

To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.

inspect

To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws.

muse

Muse is defined as to have deep thoughts or to meditate.

speculate

Speculate is to buy or sell land or other investments that are high risk, with the goal to make a very big profit.

concede

To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).

reflect

Reflect is something that doesn't absorb or that mirrors back whatever is coming into it or looking at it.

provide for

To take into account

judge

Judge is defined as to decide on or form an opinion about something.

believe

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)

consult

To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

debate

(Obsolete) To fight or argue for or over.

acknowledge

(Law) To accept or certify as legally binding:

allow-for

To take into account when making plans.

take into consideration

To take into account

look-upon

To gaze at something; to look on.

analyze

To separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.

think over

(Idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.

study

To acquire knowledge on a subject.

deliberate

To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind

cogitate

To consider, to devise.

examine

To look at or into critically or methodically in order to find out the facts, condition, etc. of; investigate; inspect; scrutinize; inquire into

take up

To implement, to employ, to put into use.

take under consideration

To ponder

take under advisement

To ponder

talk over

To discuss

toss around

To offer for suggestion.

bat-around

(Intransitive, baseball) To have at least nine batters bat in a half inning.

kick around

To abuse or mistreat; to bully

play around with

To ponder

see about

To ponder

dream of

To ponder

flirt with (an idea)

To ponder

adjudicate

The definition of adjudicate is the act of making a judgment regarding a person or about a situation, most often in a courtroom.

entertain

To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.

expend

To consume or exhaust some resource.

impute

To reckon as pertaining or attributable; to charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.

meditate

To reflect upon; study, contemplate, etc.

meditate on

think about carefully; weigh

mull

To mull is defined as to add spices to wine or cider.

note

To show; indicate:

ponder

To think about (something) with thoroughness and care.

reason

To argue, conclude, or infer

weigh

To weigh is to determine how heavy something is or how much mass it has.

eye

To eye is defined as to look at or observe.

look

To direct one's eyes in order to see

chew on

(Idiomatic) to consider, to ponder

excogitate

To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought

grant

To acknowledge for the sake of argument; admit as true without proof; concede

accede

(Intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]

assent (to)

To take into account

recognize

To acknowledge or consider as something.

regard

To give heed; pay attention.

think of

To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

make allowance for

To take into account

keep-in-mind

Keep in mind is defined as to remain aware of something.

bear-in-mind

(Idiomatic) remember; consider; note

heed

(Intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.

factor-in

(Idiomatic) To consider as a factor

reckon-with

To take into account.

hold

To stop the movement or progress of:

suppose

To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

set down

To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.

reckon

To count; figure up; compute

rate

To deserve; to be worth.

think about

To ponder (something or someone).

mull-over

To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate.

revolve

To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.

ruminate

To turn a matter over and over in the mind.

think out

To think or think about carefully and at length

think through

To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.

hear of

To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.

deal with

To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.

treat

To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition):

account

Account means to appoint a characteristic to something or someone.

esteem

To regard as; consider:

opine

To opine is to share your thoughts or opinion.

figure

To appear, often prominently

admire

To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect:

honor

To show great respect or high regard for; treat with deference and courtesy

respect

To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right

value

To regard highly; esteem:

conceive

(intransitive or) To become pregnant.

take

(Intransitive) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.

deal

To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

look-at

To observe or watch (something).

moot

To propose or bring up for discussion or debate

deny (antonym)

To refuse to believe; reject:

ignore (antonym)

Ignore is defined as to deliberately disregard, or to avoid noticing.

reject (antonym)

To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing

reconsider (related)

To consider a matter thought already to have been decided.

think (related)

To consider or weigh an idea:

disregard (antonym)

To disregard is defined as to ignore or treat with a lack of respect.

dismiss (antonym)

To dismiss is defined as to send someone away, or to disregard an idea or treat something as unworthy of consideration.

abandon (antonym)

To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]

leave (antonym)

To let be or do without interference.

neglect (antonym)

To fail to carry out (an expected or required action) through carelessness or by intention; leave undone

forget (antonym)

(--- Informal) To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative:

discard (antonym)

To discard is defined as to get rid of something or throw something away.

turn over

To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.

clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on

cudgel one's brains

put on one's thinking cap

rack-one-s-brain

have to do with

be of the opinion

look-up-to

think highly (or much) (or well) of

see (related)

To see is to use your eyes to look at things or that something is visible to you.

thoughts (related)

To think or think about carefully and at length

relevant (related)

To be occupied or concerned with

perspective (related)

To look upon in a particular way

opinion (related)

(Archaic) To have or express as an opinion.

praise (related)

To laud the glory of (God, etc.), as in song; glorify; extol

take-into-account (related)

determine (related)

ascertain (related)

discuss (related)

re-examine (related)

make clear (related)

envisage (related)

investigate (related)

assume (related)

take account of (related)

assess (related)

not considered (related)

as (related)

When taken into consideration in a specified relation or form:

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Reflect , suggesting a turning of one's thoughts back to something, implies quiet, earnest consideration
Weigh suggests a balancing of contradictory information, conflicting opinions, or possible eventualities in reaching a decision
Contemplate implies a deep, continued mental viewing of a thing, sometimes suggesting the use of intuitive powers in envisioning something or dwelling upon it
Study implies more intense concentration of the mind and methodical attention to details to study the effects of a drug
Consider , in this comparison, denotes a directing of the mind to something in order to understand it or to make a decision about it to consider suggestions for improvement

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