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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make excuse; justify |
| Synonyms: | account for, apply logic, cop a plea, cop out, deliberate, elucidate, excise, excuse, explain away, extenuate, give alibi, intellectualize, justify, make allowance, reason, reason out, reconcile, resolve, think, think through, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | ratiocinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think |
| Synonyms: | analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, figure out*, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brains, rationalize, reason, reflect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use one's head, use one's head, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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