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#448. Appearance. -- N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle,
show, premonstration|, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil; lookout, outlook,
prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture,
tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc
ne; rising of the curtain.
phantasm, phantom &c. (fallacy of vision) 443.
pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres
chinoises; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph,
cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama; coup
de thtre, jeu de thtre; pageantry &c. (ostentation) 882; insignia &c.
(indication) 550. aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming; shape &c. (form)
240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage,
port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point
of view, light.
lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face,
countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz,. cast of countenance, profile,
tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy; outside &c. 220.
V. appear; be visible, become visible &c. 446; seem, look, show;
present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of,
have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of,
take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance,
present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of,
have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of,
take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of;
look like; cut a figure, figure; present to the view; show &c. (make
manifest) 525.
Adj. apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view.
Adv. apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly,
seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie; at the first blush,
at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye.
Phr. editio princeps.

#449. Disappearance. -- N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse,
occultation.
departure &c. 293; exit; vanishing point; dissolving views.
V. disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt; be
gone &c. adj.; leave no trace, leave " not a rack behind " [Tempest]; go
off the stage &c. (depart) 293; suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse;
retire from sight; be lost to view, pass out of sight.
lose sight of.
efface &c. 552.
Adj. disappearing &c. v.; evanescent; missing, lost; lost to sight,
lost to view; gone.
Int. vanish! disappear! avaunt! &c. (ejection) 297.

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CLASS IV
WORDS RELATING TO THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES

DIVISION (I) FORMATION OF IDEAS
Section I. OPERATIONS OF INTELLECT IN GENERAL

#450. Intellect. -- N. intelleet, mind, understanding, reason,
thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties,
discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties;
faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence,
intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception,
judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive
powers, intellectual powers; wit &c. 498; ability &c. (skill) 698; wisdom
&c. 498; Vernunft, Verstand.
soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia
mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche,
subliminal consciousness, supreme principle.
organ of thought, seat of thought; sensorium, sensory, brain; head,
headpiece; pate, noddle, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium,
brainpan, sconce, upper story.
[Science of mind] metaphysics; psychics, psychology; ideology; mental
philosophy, moral philosophy; philosophy of the mind; pneumatology,
phrenology; craniology, cranioscopy.
ideality, idealism; transcendentalism, spiritualism; immateriality &c.
317; universal concept, universal conception.
metaphysician, psychologist &c.
V. note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of,
be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate &c. (think) 451; fancy &c.
(imagine) 515.
Adj. [Relating to intellect] intelleetual, mental, rational,
subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual; ghostly; psychical,
psychological; cerebral; animastic; brainy; hyperphysical, superphysical;
subconscious, subliminal.
immaterial &c. 317; endowed with reason.
Adv. in petto.
Phr. ens rationis; frons est animi janua Cicero]; locos y ni$os dicen
la verdad; mens sola loco non exulat [Ovid]; " my mind is my kingdom "
[Campbell]; " stern men with empires in their brains " [Lowell]; " the
mind, the music breathing from her face " [Byron]; " thou living ray of
intellectual Fire " [Falconer].

#450a. Absence or want of Intellect.-- N. absence of intellect, want
of intellect &c. 450; imbecility &c. 499.: brutality, brute force.
instinct, brute instinct.
Adj. unendowed with reason, void of reason.

#451. Thought. -- N. thought; exercitation of the intellect, exercise
of the intellect; intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration,
meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head
work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection; close study, application
&c. (attention) 457.
abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study &c.
(inattention) 458; reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the
mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-
consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy,
philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the
Porch.
association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train
of thought, current of thought, association of ideas, succession of ideas,
flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas.
after thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second thoughts;
retrospection &c. (memory) 505; excogitation; examination &c. (inquiry) 461
invention &c. (imagination) 515.
thoughtfulness &c. adj.
V. think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow
thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate,
ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study;
bend -, apply mind &c. (attend) 457; digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh,
perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy &c. (imagine) 515; trow.
take into consideration; take counsel &c. (be advised) 695; commune
with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind,
turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon;
take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow.
rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat
one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits
to work.
harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea
&c. 453; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider.
occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into
one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s
head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind,
flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be
uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.
make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind;
engross the thoughts.
Adj. thinking &c. v.; thoughtful, pensive, meditative, reflective,
museful, wistful, contemplative, speculative, deliberative, studious,
sedate, introspective, Platonic, philosophical.
lost in thought &c. (inattentive) 458; deep musing &c. (intent) 457.
in the mind, under consideration.
Adv. all things considered.
Phr. the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head
turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "
[Richard III].; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin.; " fresh-pluckt
from bowers of never-failing thought " [O. Meredith]; " go speed the stars
of Thought "[Emerson]; in maiden meditation fancy-free " [M. N. D.]; " so
sweet is zealous contemplation " [Richard III]; " the power of thought is
the magic of the Mind " [Byron]; " those that think must govern those that
toil " [Goldsmith]; " thought is parent of the deed " [Carlyle]; " thoughts
in attitudes imperious " [Longfellowl; " thoughts that breathe and words
that burn " [Gray]; vivere est cogitare [Cicero]; Volk der Dichter und
Denker.

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#452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy. -- N. incogitancy,
vacancy, inunderstanding; fatuity &c. 499; thoughtlessness &c.
(inattention) 458; vacuity.
V. not think &c. 451; not think of; dismiss from the mind, dismiss
from the thoughts &c. 451.
indulge in reverie &c. (be inattentive) 458.
put away thought; unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind.
Adj. vacant, unintellectual, unideal, unoccupied, unthinking,
inconsiderate, thoughtless; absent &c. (inattentive) 458; diverted;
irrational &c. 499; narrowminded &c. 481.
unthought of, undreamt 'of, unconsidered; off one's mind; incogitable,
not to be thought of.
Phr. absence d'esprit; pabulum pictura pascit inani.

#453. [Object of thought.] Idea. -- N. idea, notion, conception,
thought, apprehension, impression, pereption, image, ,
sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea;
archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception;
image in the mind, regulative principle.
view &c. (opinion) 484; theory &c. 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy &c.
(imagination) 515.point of view &c. (aspect) 448; field of view.

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#454. [Subject of thought, ] Topic. -- N. subject of
thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum.
subject, subject matter; matter, theme, , topic, what
it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument;
motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field
of inquiry; moot point, problem &c. (question) 461.
V. float in the mind , pass in the mind &c. 451.
Adj. thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto.
Adv. under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the
carpet, on the docket, on the tapis; relative to &c. 9.

Section II. PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS

#455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity. -- N. interest, thirst for
knowledge; curiosity, curiousness; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness.
sightseer, quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip &c.
(news) 532; rubberneek* [U. S.].
V. be curious &c. adj.; take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the
ears, see sights, lionize; pry; nose; rubberneck*[U . S.].
Adj. curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious;
inquiring &c. 461; prying; inquisitorial; agape &c. (expectant) 507.
Phr. what's the matter? what next?

#456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity. -- N. incuriosity,
incuriousness &c. adj.; insouciance &c. 866; indifference.
V. be incurious &c. adj.; have no curiosity &c. 455; take no interest
in &c. 823; mind one's own business.
Adj. incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive &c. 823;
uninterested.

#457. Attention. -- N. attention; mindfulness &c. adj.; intentness,
intentiveness; alertness; thought &c. 451; advertence, advertency;
observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension|; heed;
heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard &c. v.; circumspection, &c.
(care) 459; study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal.
active application, diligent application, exclusive application,
minute application, close application, intense application, deep
application, profound application, abstract application, labored
application, deliberate application, active attention, diligent attention,
exclusive attention, minute attention, close attention, intense attention,
deep attention, profound attention, abstract attention, labored attention,
deliberate attention, active thought, diligent thought, exclusive thought,
minute thought, close thought, intense thought, deep thought, profound
thought, abstract thought, labored thought, deliberate thought, active
study, diligent study, exclusive study, minute study, close study, intense
study, deep study, profound study, abstract study, labored study,
deliberate study.
minuteness, attention to detail.
absorption of mind &c. (abstraction) 458.
indication, calling attention to &c. v.
V. be attentive &c. adj.; attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view,
remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention
to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble
one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with;
contemplate &c. (think of) 451; look at, look to, look after, look into,
look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to,
direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to,
apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention
to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to,
give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind;
take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view;
have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make
note of, take note of; note.
examine cursorily; glance at, glance upon, glance over; cast the eyes
over, pass the eyes over; run over, turn over the leaves, dip into,
perstringe|; skim &c. (neglect) 460; take a cursory view of.
examine, examine closely, examine intently; scan, scrutinize,
consider; give one's mind to, bend one's mind to; overhaul, revise, pore
over; inspect, review, pass under review; take stock of; fix the eye on,
rivet attention on, fix attention on, devote the eye to, fix the mind on,
devote the thoughts to; hear out, think out; mind one's business.
revert to; watch &c. (expect) 507, (take care of) 459; hearken to,
listen to; prick up the ears; have the eyes open, keep the eyes open; come
to the point.
meet with attention; fall under one's notice, fall under one's
observation; be under consideration &c. (topic) 454.
catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention,
awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the
attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention,
engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest
the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the
attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the
mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind
excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest
the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind,
catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the
thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts
excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the
thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts,
absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be
uppermost in the mind.
bring under one's notice; point out, point to, point at, point the
finger at; lay the finger on, indigitate|, indicate; direct attention to,
call attention to; show; put a mark &c. (sign) 550 upon; call soldiers to "
attention "; bring forward &c. (make manifest) 525.
Adj. attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to;
observing &c. v.; alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied
with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt; breathless;
preoccupied &c. (inattentive) 458; watchful &c. (careful) 459;. breathless,
undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch &c. (expectant) 507.
steadfast.
Int. see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold!
soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota
bene; N.B.; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho!
Phr. this is to give notice, these are to give notice; dictum sapienti
sat est; finem respice.

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#458. Inattention. -- N. inattention, inconsideration;
inconsiderateness &c. adj.; oversight; inadvertence, inadvertency,
nonobservance, disregard.
supineness &c. (inactivity) 683; tourderie, want of thought;
heedlessnes &c. (neglect) 460; insouciance &c. (indifference) 866.
abstraction; absence of mind, absorption of mind; preoccupation,
distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction.
V. be inattentive &c. adj.; overlook, disregard; pass by &c. (neglect)
460 not observe &c. 457; think little of.
close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to; pay no attention to; dismiss
from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's
thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from
one's mind; drop the subject, think no more of; set aside, turn aside, put
aside; turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn
one's back upon.
abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie.
escape notice, escape attention; come in at one ear and go out at the
other; forget &c. (have no remembrance) 506.
call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the
attention, divert the attention, distract the mind; put out of one's head;
disconcert, discompose; put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider,
fluster, muddle, dazzle; throw a sop to Cerberus.
Adj. inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, unheeding, undiscerning;
inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless, listless &c. (indifferent)
866; blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory; giddy-
brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflecting, cervel,
inconsiderate, offhand, thoughtless, dizzy, muzzy, brainsick; giddy, giddy
as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying; heedless , careless
&c. (neglectful) 460.
absent, abstracted, distrait; absentminded, lost; lost in thought,
wrapped in thought; rapt, in the clouds, bemused; dreaming on other things,
musing on other things; preoccupied, engrossed &c. (attentive) 457; in a
reverie &c. n.; off one's guard &c. (inexpectant) 508; napping; dreamy;
caught napping.
disconcerted, put out &c. v.
Adv. inattentively, inadvertently &c. adj.; per incuriam, sub
silentio.
Int. stand at ease, stand easy!
Phr. the attention wanders; one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's
wits gone a bird's nesting; it never entered into one's head; the mind
running on other things; one's thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear
it would have bitten you.
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#459. Care. - [Vigilance.] -- N. care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness
&c. adj.; scruple &c. (conscientiousness) 939.
watchfulness &c. adj.; vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch,
vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre.
alertness &c. (activity) 682; attention &c. 457; prudence &c.,
circumspection &c. (caution) 864; anxiety; forethought &c. 510; precaution
&c. (preparation) 673; tidiness &c. (order) 58, (cleanliness) 652; accuracy
&c. (exactness) 494; minuteness, attention to detail.
V. be careful &c. adj.; reck; take care &c. (be cautious) 864; pay
attention to &c. 457; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after;
keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry;
keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in
sight, keep in view; mind, mind on'e business.
look sharp, look about one; look with one's own eyes; keep a good
lookout, keep a sharp lookout; have all one's wits about one, have all
one's eyes about one; watch for &c. (expect) 507; keep one's eyes open,
have the eyes open, sleep with one's eye open.
Adj. careful regardful, heedful; taking care &c. v.; particular;
prudent &c. (cautious) 864; considerate; thoughtful &c. (deliberative) 451;
provident &c. (prepared) 673; alert &c. (active) 682; sure-footed.
guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on
the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful;
Argus-eyed; wide awake &c. (intelligent) 498; on the watch for (expectant)
507.
tidy &c. (orderly) 58, (clean) 652; accurate &c. (exact) 494;
scrupulous &c. (conscientious) 939; cavendo tutus &c. (safe) 664.
Adv. carefully &c. adj.; with care, gingerly.
Phr. quis custodiet istos custodes? "care will kill a cat" [Wither];
ni bebas aqua que no veas; "O polished perturbation! Golden care!" [Henry
IV]; "the incessant care and labor of his mind" [Henry IV]

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#460. Neglect. -- N. neglect; carelessness &c. adj.; trifling &c. v.;
negligence; omission, laches, default; supineness &c. (inactivity) 683;
inattention &c. 458; nonchalance &c. (insensibility) 823; imprudence,
recklessness &c. 863; slovenliness &c. (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653;
improvidence &c. 674; noncompletion &c. 730; inexactness &c. (error) 495.
paralelpsis [in rhetoric].
trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.
V. be negligent &c. adj.; take no care of &c. (take care of &c. 459);
neglect; let slip,let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep
out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.
overloook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at,
connive at;gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account
of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller.
scamp; trifle, fribble; do by halves; cut; slight &c. (despise) 930;
play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer ; take a
cursory view of &c. 457.
slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip,
jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink;
ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out
of one's calculation; not attend to &c. 457, not mind; not trouble oneself
about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget &c.
506; be caught napping &c. (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the
grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful &c. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's
guard.
Adj. neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless,
careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss.
inconsiderate; uncircumspect, incircumspect; off one's guard; unwary,
unwatchful, unguarded; offhand.
supine &c. (inactive) 683; inattentive &c. 458; insouciant &c.
(indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless&c. 863; slovenly &c. (disorderly)
59, (dirty) 653; inexact &c. (erroneous) 495; improvident &c. 674.
neglected &c. v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen,
unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of,
unregarded, uremarked, unmissed; shunted, shelved.
unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted,
unexplored.
abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.
Adv. negligently &c. adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded
moment &c. (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam.
Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass.

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#461 Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] -- N. inquiry; request
&c. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit &c. 622.
examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation|;
perquisition, perscrutation, pervestigation|; inquest, inquisition;
exploration; exploitation, ventilation.
sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction;
Baconian method.
strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry;
narrow search, strict search; study &c. (consideration) 451.
scire facias, ad referendum; trial.
questioning &c. v.; interrogation,
interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination,
catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question;
discussion &c. (reasoning) 476.
reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying &c. v.; espionage, espionnage;
domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes.
question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism;
subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in
dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of
contention &c. (discord) 713; plain question, fair question, open question;
enigma &c. (secret) 533; knotty point &c. (difficulty) 704; quodlibet;
threshold of an inquiry.
inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner,
catechist; scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer; analyst; quidnunc &c.
(curiosity) 455.
V. make inquiry &c. n.; inquire, seek, search; look for, look about
for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack,
pry, peer, look round; look over, go over, look through, go through; spy,
overhaul.
scratch the head, slap the forehead.
look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry
into every hole and corner; nose; trace up; hunt out, fish out, ferret out;
unearth; leave no stone unturned.
seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace;
follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue &c. 662; beat up one's quarters;
fish for; feel for &c. (experiment) 463.
investigate; take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an
inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry,
prosecute an inquiry &c. n.; look at, look into; preexamine; discuss,
canvass, agitate.
examine, study, consider, calculate; dip into, dive into, delve into,
go deep into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the bottom,
probe to the quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse,
resolve, sift, winnow; view in all its phases, try in all its phases;
thresh out.
bring in question, subject to examination; put to the proof &c.
(experiment) 463; audit, tax, pass in review; take into consideration &c.
(think over) 451; take counsel &c. 695.
ask, question, demand; put the question, pop the question, propose the
question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question,
raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the
question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a
question.
put to the question, interrogate, catechize, pump; cross-question,
cross-examine; dodge; require an answer; pick the brains of, suck the
brains of; feel the pulse.
be in question &c. adj.; undergo examination.
Adj. inquiry &c. v.; inquisitive &c. (curious) 455; requisitive|,
requisitory; catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest
of; on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic; all searching.
undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue,
in course of inquiry; under discussion, uneder consideration, under
investigation &c. n.; Sub judice, moot, proposed; doubtful &c. (uncertain)
475.
Adv. what? why? wherefore? whence? whither? where? quaere? how comes
it, how happens it, how is it? what is the reason? what's the matter,
what's in the wind? what on earth? when? who? nicht wahr?