brood
I
verb
agonize, be dejected, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate over, despair, despond, dwell upon, fret, grieve, incubare, meditate on, mope, morbidly meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, study, sulk, think anxiously, think over, weigh
II
index
blood, children, deliberate, family (household), muse, offspring, progeny
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006