Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his
business came to an end.
Bacon.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink.
Matt. vi. 25.
5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a
thought better. [Colloq.]
If the hair were a thought browner.
Shak.
Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current, denotes the
capacity for, or the exercise of, the very highest intellectual
functions, especially those usually comprehended under judgment.
This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the "elaborative faculty,"
— the faculty of relations or comparison, — constitutes what is
properly denominated thought.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Syn. — Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion;
supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation; contemplation;
cogitation; deliberation.
Thought"ful (?), a. 1. Full of thought; employed in meditation;
contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.
War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.
Pope.
2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind
directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking
truth. Glanvill.