consider

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To think carefully about (something), especially before making a decision;
• intransitive verb To think or deem to be; regard as.
• intransitive verb To suppose or believe.
• intransitive verb To take into account; bear in mind.
• intransitive verb To show consideration for.
• intransitive verb To look at thoughtfully.
• intransitive verb To think carefully; reflect.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To look carefully or attentively.
• To fix the mind upon, with a view to careful examination; ponder; study; meditate upon; think or reflect upon with care.
• to view atttentively; observe and examine; scrutinize
• To pay attention to; regard with care; not to be negligent of.
• To regard with consideration or respect; hold in honor; respect.
• To take into view or account; allow for, or have regard to, in examination, or in forming an estimate: as, in adjusting accounts, services, time, and expense ought to- be considered.
• Hence - , To reguite or reward, particularly for gratuitous services.
• To regard in a particular light; conceive under a particular aspect; judge to be; esteem; take for; as, I consider him a rascal.
• = Syn. 1. Meditate upon, Reflect upon, etc. [see list under contemplate), weigh, revolve.
• 4. To respect, regard.
• To think seriously, deliberately, or carefully; reflect; cogitate: sometimes with of.
• To hesitate; stand suspended
• = Syn. 1. To punder, deliberate, ruminate, cugitate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
• transitive verb To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
• transitive verb To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
• transitive verb To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
• intransitive verb To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
• intransitive verb Poetic & R. To hesitate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive To think about seriously.
• verb transitive To think of doing.
• verb transitive To assign some quality to.
• verb transitive To look at attentively.
• verb transitive To take up as an example.
• verb transitive, parliamentary procedure To debate or dispose of a motion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb give careful consideration to
• verb look at carefully; study mentally
• verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
• verb think about carefully; weigh
• verb look at attentively
• verb show consideration for; take into account
• verb deem to be
• verb regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
• verb take into consideration for exemplifying purposes