Thought — Defs

01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Think.

02 n. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

1.
The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
“Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.” — Dr. T. Dwight.
2.
Meditation; serious consideration.
“Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault, Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.” — Roscommon.
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.

“Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts which should indeed have died With them they think on?” — Shak.

“Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject.” — Dryden.

“All their thoughts are against me for evil.” — Ps. lvi. 5.
4.
Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
“Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.” — Bacon.

“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.[Colloq.]
“If the hair were a thought browner.” — Shak.

“This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the “elaborative faculty,” -- the faculty of relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is properly denominated thought.” — Sir W. Hamilton.