turning upon, the mind running upon; “divinely, bent to meditation” [Richard III]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin[Fr][obs3]; “fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought” [O.  Meredith]; “go speed the stars of Thought"[Emerson]; “in maiden meditation fancy-free” [M.  N. D.]; “so sweet is zealous contemplation” [Richard III]; “the power of thought is the magic of the Mind” [Byron]; “those that think must govern those that toil” [Goldsmith]; “thought is parent of the deed” [Carlyle]; “thoughts in attitudes imperious” [Longfellow]; “thoughts that breathe and words that burn” [Gray]; vivere est cogitare [Lat][Cicero]; Volk der Dichter und Denker [Ger].

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     #452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy. —­ N.
incogitancy[obs3], vacancy, inunderstanding[obs3]; fatuity &c. 499; thoughtlessness &c. (inattention) 458; vacuity.
     couch potato, vegetable. 
     V. not think &c. 451; not think of; dismiss from the mind, dismiss
from the thoughts &c. 451.
     indulge in reverie &c. (be inattentive) 458.
     put away thought; unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind,
veg out. 
     Adj. vacant, unintellectual, unideal[obs3], unoccupied, unthinking,
inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent &c. (inattentive) 458; diverted; irrational &c. 499; narrow-minded &c. 481.
     unthought of, undreamt ’of, unconsidered; off one’s mind;
incogitable[obs3], not to be thought of. 
     Phr. absence d’esprit; pabulum pictura pascit inani[Lat][obs3].

     #453. [Object of thought.] Idea. —­ N. idea, notion, conception,
thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, gr/eidolon/gr[Grk], sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle.
     view &c. (opinion) 484; theory &c. 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy &c.
(imagination) 515.point of view &c. (aspect) 448; field of view.

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     #454. [Subject of thought, gr/noemata/gr] Topic. —­ N. subject of
thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum.
     subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr[Grk], topic,
what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem &c. (question) 461. 
     V. float in the mind, pass in the mind &c. 451. 
     Adj. thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto. 
     Adv. under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the
carpet, on the docket, on the tapis[obs3]; relative to &c. 9.

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