thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum.
subject, subject matter; matter, theme, noemata [Gr.], 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