verb
reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1)
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I mulled over the events of the afternoon
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philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
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The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
• Syn:
↑think over, ↑meditate, ↑ponder, ↑excogitate, ↑contemplate, ↑muse, ↑reflect, ↑mull, ↑mull over, ↑ruminate, ↑speculate
• Derivationally related forms:
↑speculative (for: ↑speculate), ↑speculation (for: ↑speculate), ↑ruminative (for: ↑ruminate), ↑rumination (for: ↑ruminate), ↑ruminator (for: ↑ruminate), ↑muller (for: ↑mull), ↑reflective (for: ↑reflect), ↑muse (for: ↑muse), ↑muser (for: ↑muse), ↑musing (for: ↑muse), ↑contemplative (for: ↑contemplate), ↑contemplation (for: ↑contemplate), ↑excogitative (for: ↑excogitate), ↑ponderer (for: ↑ponder), ↑meditative (for: ↑meditate), ↑meditation (for: ↑meditate)
• Hyponyms:
↑premeditate, ↑theologize, ↑theologise, ↑introspect, ↑bethink, ↑cogitate, ↑wonder, ↑question, ↑puzzle, ↑study, ↑consider
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP
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Somebody ——s something
(for: ↑think over)-
Somebody ——s something
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transitive verb : to meditate on : think about reflectively
likes to chew over some of the basic problems of our lives — Lewis Mumford
have in the last decades chewed over Plato and Bacon and Freud — J.M.Barzun
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ˈchew over [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they chew over he/she/it chews over present participle chewing over past tense chewed over past participle chewed over] informal phrasal verb
to think about something carefully or discuss it carefully with other people before making a decision about it
Officials meet regularly to chew over the future of the company.
Main entry: chew
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chew over [phrasal verb]
Chew it over for a while before you decide.
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Main Entry: ↑chew
Useful english dictionary. 2012.