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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. consider, meditate, ponder, muse, reflect; view, be-hold; propose, purpose, plan, mean, aim, intend, design. See thought, vision, expectation, intention, learning.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To look at]

Syn. regard, view, scan, inspect, examine, gaze at, notice, witness, pore over, peer, pry, behold, observe thoughtfully, study, scrutinize, survey, observe, look over, audit, probe, penetrate, pierce; see also examine 1 , see 1 , witness .

Ant. neglect, disregard*, slight.

2. [To consider]

Syn. ponder, muse, speculate on, envision; see consider 3 , think 1 .

See Synonym Study at consider .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. look at watch, gaze at, behold, survey, eye, consider, regard, scrutinize.

2. think about ponder, mull over, brood over, meditate, reflect, ruminate, dwell on, *chew on, consider, *turn over in one's mind.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To direct the eyes on an object: consider, eye, look, view. Idiom: clap (or lay or set) one's eyes on. See SEE. 2. 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. 3. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, design, intend, mean1, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional: mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE.