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| VERB: | 1. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, design, intend, mean1, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional : mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 2. To direct the eyes on an object: consider, eye, look, view. Idioms: clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on. See SEE. 3. To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or (over), cogitate, consider, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See THOUGHTS.
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