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Mull over   /məl ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Mull over

verb
1.
Reflect deeply on a subject.  Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over.  "Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years" , "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"






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"Mull over" Quotes from Famous Books



... infrequently young men came to him who were utterly destitute of any knowledge or ability to study natural science, or zoology in particular, but had an idea that it would be a 'soft snap,' as the boys say. In such cases he often did give them a lot of mixed stuff to mull over, to see what they could do, and also to discourage those that seemed unfit. Sometimes he was mistaken, of course, and the student would persevere and stay on—and sometimes turned out well later. In fact, his treatment was highly ...
— Louis Agassiz as a Teacher • Lane Cooper



Words linked to "Mull over" :   study, theologise, premeditate, introspect, cerebrate, wonder, cogitate, puzzle, think, consider, bethink, reflect, theologize, question



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