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ponder
To think about (something) with thoroughness and care.
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  1. To think about (something) with thoroughness and care.
  2. To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
  3. To weigh mentally; think deeply about; consider carefully
meditate
To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
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  1. To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
  2. To engage in focused thought on scriptural passages or on particular doctrines or mysteries of a religion, especially Christianity.
  3. To think or reflect, especially in a calm and deliberate manner.
reflect
To mirror, or show the image of something.
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  1. To mirror, or show the image of something.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To express carefully considered thoughts:
inspiration
The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something:
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  1. The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something:
  2. An inspiring influence; any stimulus to creative thought or action
  3. Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired:
stimulus
(Physiol., Psychol.) Any action or agent that causes or changes an activity in an organism, organ, or part, as something that excites an end organ, starts a nerve impulse, or activates a muscle
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  1. (Physiol., Psychol.) Any action or agent that causes or changes an activity in an organism, organ, or part, as something that excites an end organ, starts a nerve impulse, or activates a muscle
  2. An agent, action, or condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response.
  3. Something that has an impact or an effect on an organism so that its behavior is modified in a detectable way.
genius
A person having such capacity or ability
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  1. A person having such capacity or ability
  2. Particular character or essential spirit or nature of a nation, place, age, etc.
  3. Extraordinary intellectual and creative power:
talent
A superior, apparently natural ability in the arts or sciences or in the learning or doing of anything
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  1. A superior, apparently natural ability in the arts or sciences or in the learning or doing of anything
  2. A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment:
  3. A person or group of people having such ability:
daydream
To have daydreams
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  1. To have daydreams
  2. To have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.
  3. To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
dream
To conceive as possible; imagine:
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  1. To conceive as possible; imagine:
  2. To regard something as feasible or practical:
  3. To have a dream of
fantasize
To create or imagine in a fantasy; have daydreams about
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  1. To create or imagine in a fantasy; have daydreams about
  2. To indulge in fantasies.
  3. (Intransitive, usually with about) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
woolgather
To daydream.
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  1. To daydream.
  2. To engage in fanciful daydreaming.
  3. To engage in idle or aimless daydreaming, speculation, etc.
chew on
(Idiomatic) to consider, to ponder
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  1. (Idiomatic) to consider, to ponder
cogitate
To think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider
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  1. To think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider
consider
To think or deem to be; regard as:
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  1. To think or deem to be; regard as:
  2. To show consideration for:
  3. To regard as; think to be
contemplate
To look at attentively and thoughtfully:
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  1. To look at attentively and thoughtfully:
  2. To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder:
  3. To think about intently; study carefully
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
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  1. To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind
  2. To consider (a matter) carefully and often slowly, as by weighing alternatives.
  3. To consider carefully
entertain
To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
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  1. To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
  2. To give hospitality to guests
  3. To allow oneself to think about; have in mind; consider
excogitate
To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought
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  1. To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought
  2. To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.
meditate
To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
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  1. To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
  2. To engage in focused thought on scriptural passages or on particular doctrines or mysteries of a religion, especially Christianity.
  3. To think deeply and continuously; reflect; muse
mull
To ruminate; ponder:
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  1. To ruminate; ponder:
  2. To heat and spice (wine, for example).
  3. To think about extensively; ponder.
ponder
To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
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  1. To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
  2. To think about (something) with thoroughness and care.
  3. To weigh mentally; think deeply about; consider carefully
reflect
(Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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  1. (Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To think seriously.
revolve
To cause to travel in a circle or orbit
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  1. To cause to travel in a circle or orbit
  2. To turn on an axis; rotate.
  3. To be oriented (around or about something regarded as a center)
ruminate
To chew (the cud), as a cow does
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  1. To chew (the cud), as a cow does
  2. To reflect on over and over again.
  3. To turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)
study
To give attention, thought, or consideration to
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  1. To give attention, thought, or consideration to
  2. To perform a study of; investigate:
  3. To read (a book, lesson, etc.) so as to know and understand it
think
To consider or weigh an idea:
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  1. To consider or weigh an idea:
  2. To allow oneself to consider
  3. To reason about or reflect on; ponder:
think over
(Idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
think through
To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.
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  1. To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.
turn over
(Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
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  1. (Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
  2. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
  3. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,"Ž over.
weigh
(Naut.) weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)
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  1. (Naut.) weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)
  2. To balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice
  3. To consider and choose carefully
bard
A poet, especially a lyric poet.
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  1. A poet, especially a lyric poet.
  2. (By extension) A poet.
  3. A poet
poet
A person who writes poems or verses
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  1. A person who writes poems or verses
  2. A person who displays imaginative power and beauty of thought, language, etc.
  3. A writer of poems.
poetaster
A writer of mediocre verse; rhymester; would-be poet
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  1. A writer of mediocre verse; rhymester; would-be poet
poetess
(Dated) a female poet
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  1. (Dated) a female poet
  2. (Derogatory) A woman who is a writer of poems.
rhymer
One who composes rhymes.
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  1. One who composes rhymes.
  2. A maker of rhymes, or poems; esp., a rhymester
rhymester
A rhymer; a poetaster
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  1. A rhymer; a poetaster
  2. A maker of trivial or inferior rhyme or verse; poetaster
  3. One who composes light verse.
versifier
A person who versifies; poet
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  1. A person who versifies; poet
  2. A writer of mediocre verse; poetaster
  3. (Pejorative) An inferior poet.
absent-mindedness
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
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  1. The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
  2. Alternative form of absent-mindedness.
abstraction
The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
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  1. The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
  2. Formation of an idea, as of a quality or property of a thing, in such a way as to apprehend that quality or property apart from any particular instances of it in the material world
  3. An abstract work of art.
bemusement
The characteristic of being bemused.
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  1. The characteristic of being bemused.
brown study
(Idiomatic, dated) A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.
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  1. (Idiomatic, dated) A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.
  2. A state of deep thought.
daydreaming
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
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  1. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
reverie
A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
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  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [From 1657.]
study
A state of mental absorption:
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  1. A state of mental absorption:
  2. A branch of knowledge or department of learning:
  3. A noteworthy or interesting example:
trance
A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often an hypnotic effect.
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  1. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often an hypnotic effect.
  2. A condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism
  3. A state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as in hypnosis
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  • CALLIOPE, the muse of epic poetry, so named from the sweetness of her vioce (Gr.

  • My Muse may be excused if she is silent henceforth.

  • The muse reassures her, and prophesies the downfall of the tyrant.

  • The popular legends of Sicily also inspired his muse; he was the first to introduce the shepherd Daphnis who came to a miserable end after he had proved faithless to the nymph who loved him.

  • In some of the flights of his muse he reminds us of Slowacki, in the melody of his verse of Zaleski.

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