Definition of Thought

imp. & p. 1.imp. & p. p. of Think.
n.1.The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
2.Meditation; serious consideration.
3.That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
- Pope.
4.Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.
- Matt. vi. 25.
5.A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
If the hair were a thought browner.
- Shak.


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