Meaning

noun an instance of deliberate thinking

verb judge or regard; look upon; judge

verb expect, believe, or suppose

originEtymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”). Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke,…

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