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mull over
verb
reflect deeply on a subject
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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:
chew over, ↑think over, ↑meditate, ↑ponder, ↑excogitate, ↑contemplate, ↑muse, ↑reflect, ↑mull, ↑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)
Hypernyms: ↑think, ↑cogitate, ↑cerebrate
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)
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Somebody ——s something

(for: ↑chew over)

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ˌmull ˈover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they mull over he/she/it mulls over present participle mulling over past tense mulled over past participle mulled over] phrasal verb
to think carefully about something over a period of time

They’ll need time to mull over the proposals.

Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym
Main entry: mull

Useful english dictionary. 2012.