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Reflect

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ruminateverb(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
contemplateverbTo look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
speculateverb(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
mullnoun(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
mull oververb(transitive) To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate.
shineverb(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
meditateverb(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
chew oververb(transitive) To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.
think oververb(idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
musenounOf a person: a source of inspiration.
ponderverbTo consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

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shineverb(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
museverb(intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
ruminateverb(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
speculateverb(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
meditateverb(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
contemplateverbTo look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
think oververb(idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
chew oververb(transitive) To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.
mull oververb(transitive) To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate.
mullverb(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
ponderverbTo consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
reflectionnounThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
reflectivePondering, especially thinking back on the past.
mirrorverb(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.
focusverb(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
lightverb(transitive) To start (a fire).
stateverb(transitive) To declare to be a fact.
portrayverbTo play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
crossverbTo make or form a cross.
illustrateverb(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

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