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reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle, argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert (deny); canvass; comment upon, moralize upon; spiritualize; consider (examine)., open a discussion, open a case; try conclusions; join issue, be at issue; moot; come to the point; stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question, torture a question; take up a side, take up a case., contend, take one's stand upon, insist, lay stress on; infer., follow from (demonstration).

suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise, presuppose; assume, fancy, wish, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted., put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture., allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head., suggest itself (thought); run in the head (memory); marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.

think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend mind, apply mind (attend) [more]; digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy (imagine); trow., take into consideration; take counsel (be advised); commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow., rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work., harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea [more]; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider., occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind., make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind; engross the thoughts.