thought (ough as a), thoght

[A. S. thoht, gethoht, theaht, getheaht, from gethont, thoht, pa var. of then can to think (q. v.); Icel. thótti, thottr, from thatti, pa. t. of thekkja to know; Ger. dachte, gedacht, from gedacht, pa. par. of denken = to 1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any way except sense and perception. think.] " Thought is free."- Shakesp .: Tempest, iii. 2. 2. Serious consideration; deliberation, reflection. "Evil is wrought By want of thought As well as want of heart." Hood: Lady's Dream. *3. Anxious, brooding care; deep concern or so "Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink."- Matthew vi. 25. 4. The mental state of one who thinks; silent con plural of this When those and these are used to expre contradistinction, those refers to the things first mentioned, or furthest off; these to things last mentioned, or nearer. thou (in the objective and dative cases thee , pl. you or ye), pron. [ A.S.dhú : cogn. with Icel. thú ; Goth. thu ; Dan., Sw., & Ger. du ; Irish & Gael. tu ; Wel. ti ; Ru . tui ; Latin tu ; Gr.su, tu ; Pers. tú ; Sanscrit tuam. The A. S. dhú was thus declined: nom, dhú , gen it. dhin , dat. dhe , acc us. dhec , dhe ; nom. pl. ge, gen it eower, dat. eow , acc us.eowic, eow. In the seventeenth century the employment of thou to any one indicated familiarity with him, whether of love or of contempt. The use of the plural you for the singular thou was established as early as the beginning of the fourteenth century.] The second personal pronoun of the singular number; used to denote the person spoken to thyself. "When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thon . " Scott: Marmion, vi. 30. (1) It was frequently used emphatically in phrases expre ive of contempt, reproach, scorn, anger, or the like. "All that Lord Cobham did was at thy instigation, thou viper, for I thou thee, thou traitor."-Coke: To Sir Walter Raleigh, at his Trial of the latter ." (2) The employment of thou by the early Quakers implied that they regarded no man, however exalted his rank, with special reverence. With reference to them Fuller, in the dedication of his Seventh Book, explains the usage of his time in a sentence useful for lexicographical purposes: "In opposition whereunto we maintain that thou from superiors to inferiors is proper as a sign of command; from equals to equals is pa able as a note of familiarity; but from inferiors to superiors, if proceeding from ignor ance, hath a smack of clownishne ; if from affectation, a tone of contempt." IMG:content-1040.png:[blocks in formation] 6. That which is thought; an idea; a conception of the mind; as: (1) A judgment, an opinion, a conclusion. that created it; a fancy, a conceit, a conception. "To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." Words worth: Intim. of Immortality , xi. *7. Hope, expectation. "We have now no thought in us but France."" Shakesp.: Henry V., i. 2. 8. Intention, design. All their thoughts are against me for evil."- Psalm lvi. 5. (1) A thought : A very small degree or quantity. "If the hair were a thought browner." Shakesp.: Much Ado , iii. 4. (2) Second thoughts : Maturer deliberation; after consideration. "Is it so true that second thoughts are best?" Tennyson: Sea Dreams, 65. thought-reader, s. A mesmerist who claims to be able to discover what is pa ing in another per son's mind; an exponent of thought-reading. "The thought -reader will no doubt find some curious and subtle suggestion of some unknown force."- Satur day Review , June 3, 1882, p. 698. *thou, v . t . & i . [THOU, pron .] A. Trans.: To addre with the pronoun thou; to treat with familiarity. "Taunt him with the licence of ink; if thou thou'st him thought-reading, s . A branch of mesmerism. While exhibiting their powers its exponents are the aid of confederates they can find articles hidden in their absence, give the numbers of banknotes, . In thought-reading proper the thought reader holds the hand and pulse of the person to be operated on, and profe es to be able, by mesmeric you sand 5. Exhibiting or evincing thought or care; considerate; as, a thoughtful act or gift. Thoughtful , or full of thinking ; considerate , or ready to consider ; and deliberate , ready to deliber ate , rise upon each other in their signification: he who is thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his duty; he who deliberates considers deliber ately . It is a recommendation to a subordinate person to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is the recommendation of a confidential person to be considerate , as he has often to judge according to his own discretion; it is the recommendation of a person who is acting for himself in critical matters to be deliberate . There is this farther distinction in the word deliberate , that it may be used in the bad sense to mark a settled intention to do evil; young people may sometimes plead, in extenuation of their guilt, that their misdeeds do not arise from deliberate malice. thought-ful-ly (ough as â), adv . [English thoughtful; -ly .] In a thoughtful or contemplative manner; with thought or consideration; with solicitude or anxiety. "The Planter, under his roof of thatch, Smoked thoughtfully and slow." Long fellow : The Quadroon Girl. thought-ful-ne (ough as â), subst . [English thoughtful; -ne . The quality or state of being thoughtful; deep meditation; anxiety, carefulne , serious attention. "Such a degree of thoughtfulne , as takes up and dejects, and distracts the mind."-Atterbury: Sermons , vol. iv., ser. 10, thought-le (ough as â), adj . [Eng. thought , s.; -le .] 1. Free from thought or care; having no thought; heedle , unthinking, carele , negligent. "A rude and thoughtle schoolboy." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. 2. Dull, stupid. "Just as a blockhead rubs his thoughtle skull, And thanks his stars he was not born a fool." Pope : Epilogue to Jane Shore. 3. Done without thought, care or heed; as, a thoughtle act or remark. thought-le -lý (ough as â), adverb . [Eng. thoughtle ; -ly .] In a thoughtle manner; without thought; carele ly, unthinkingly, negligently. "He who runs on thoughtle ly in the mad career of pleasure, can scarcely fail of losing his health." -Kпох : Sermons, vol. vi., ser. 6. thought'-le -ne (ough as â), subst. [Eng. thoughtle ; -ne .] The quality or state of being thoughtle ; want of thought; heedle ne ; care le ne . "They lose the very idea of foresight, and contract the thoughtle ne of children."-Cook: Third Voyage, bk. vi., ch. i. *thought-sick (ough as â), adverb , [English thought , s., and sick .] Uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful. Night , iii. 2. B. In trans.: To use the words thou and thee in conversation. though ( gh silent ), *thogh, thoughe, *thah, *thaih, *the ah, *thæh, #thegh, *thagh, thau, *thauh, *the i, *theigh, conj . & adv . [A. S. dheah , dhéh; cogn, with Dut. doch =yet, but; Icel. thó ; Dan. dog ; Sw. dock ; O. H Ger. doh Ger. doch ; Goth. thauh .] A. As conj .: Granting, admitting, allowing, or a uming it to be the fact that; even were it the case that; even if; notwithstanding that. " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him."- Job xiii. 15. B. As adv .: Notwithstanding this or that; how. ever, for all that. IMG:content-1041.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1042.png:[blocks in formation] "Heav'n's face doth glow With tristful visage; and, as 'gainst the doom, Is thought sick at the act."- Shakesp .: Hamlet , iii. 4. *thought-some (ough as â), a. [Eng. thought ; *thought-some-ne (ough as â), s. [English thought some; -ne .) Thoughtfulne ; thought. ( Fairfax : Bulk and Selvedge of the World . ) *thō-us, s . [Gr. thos (gen it. thōos ) =a jackal.] Zool.: According to Hamilton Smith, a section of Canide, having the form of wolves on a small scale; not more than eighteen inches high; structure very light; tail rather short, forming a scanty brush, tip *thought-en, pret. of v. [THINK.] *thought-en, a . [Eng. thought , s.;-en.] Having black; fur close, hard; livery mostly chequered, or a thought; thinking. "Be you thoughten That I came with no ill intent." Shakesp.: Pericles, iv. 6.