"thinken" meaning in Middle English

See thinken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈθinkən/
Etymology: From Old English þenċan (“to think”) Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|þenċan||to think}} Old English þenċan (“to think”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} thinken, {{enm-verb|thinketh|thinkende|thought|ithought}} thinken (third-person singular simple present thinketh, present participle thinkende, first-/third-person singular past indicative thought, past participle ithought) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|think|thought|c=irr}} Forms: thinketh [present, singular, third-person], thinkende [participle, present], thought [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], ithought [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], thinken [infinitive], to thinken [infinitive], thinke [infinitive], thinke [first-person, present, singular], thoughte [first-person, past, singular], thinkest [present, second-person, singular], thoughtest [past, second-person, singular], thinketh [present, singular, third-person], thoughte [past, singular, third-person], thinke [present, singular, subjunctive], thoughte [past, singular, subjunctive], thinke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], thinken [plural, present], thinke [plural, present], thoughten [past, plural], thoughte [past, plural], thinketh [imperative, plural, present], thinke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], thinkynge [participle, present], thinkende [participle, present], thought [participle, past], ythought [participle, past], thenchen [alternative], thenken [alternative], thynken [alternative], thinke [alternative], think [alternative]
  1. To think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to grasp, understand.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-6JBIdlRR
  2. c. 1450, Prose Merlin:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-QaFJedKS
  3. c. 1450, Prose Merlin:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-TY3wYdwl Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 6 12 16 10 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  4. c. 1450, Prose Merlin:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-sbmCYdO6 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 6 12 16 10 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  5. 1589, George Peele, An Eclogue Gratulatory:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-7SdHfAMM Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 6 12 16 10 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  6. 1589, George Peele, An Eclogue Gratulatory:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-YTjmJIiz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 6 8 10 6 15 15 15 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
  7. 1589, George Peele, An Eclogue Gratulatory:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-TYFglJFT Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 6 8 10 6 15 15 15 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
  8. 1589, George Peele, An Eclogue Gratulatory:
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-1~OHxLDb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 6 8 10 6 15 15 15 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
  9. To pray.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-IHFXU2Zq
  10. To conceive of, imagine.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-fz8NOlEJ
  11. To recall, remember.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-KfY0X3Vi Categories (other): Mind Disambiguation of Mind: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 35 0 0 0
  12. To reach a conclusion, to decide, resolve; to accept, believe; to consider, regard.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-aF9Tdl-Z
  13. To focus on, pay attention to.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-DRdmLFv9
  14. To plot, scheme; to anticipate, expect.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-iLXnuS6E
  15. To be sorry.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-pLztSCaW
  16. To feel.
    Sense id: en-thinken-enm-verb-HT8is8fq

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To conceive of, imagine."
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        "To be sorry."
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      "glosses": [
        "To feel."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθinkən/"
    }
  ],
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}

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