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Two mocked-up iPad Pro screenshots showing two views of the Look Up process via long press.

shucks! I didn’t know you could use LookUp from the long press/context menu view. maybe one day I’ll be able to trust the results lol.

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WordStar and You

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KOAK ⇨ KPDX – FX218 – DC-10F

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brocade

Noun

thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
- Less specific
  - fabric
  - cloth
  - material
  - textile
- Related
  - brocade

Verb

weave a design into (textiles)
- Less specific
  - weave
  - tissue
- Related
  - brocade
- Topic Members
  - handicraft

brocade – LookUp
noun

Textiles a rich fabric woven with a raised pattern, typically with gold or silver thread
the quilt was of white silk brocade | a heavy brocade curtain

Origin

late 16th century : from Spanish and Portuguese brocado (influenced by French brocart ), from Italian broccato , from brocco twisted thread

12232023 — Software — 1 min read

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A cat sneezes…

Causing a mushroom cloud…

Splitting the planet Earth in two…

12222023 — Software — 1 min read

The History of Twitter in Profile Pages: 2006 to 2015

Looking at the slick impact of today’s desktop Twitter profile page, there’s little hint of the fact that the site grew out of a simple mobile text …The History of Twitter in Profile Pages: 2006 to 2015

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Converting Voice Memos to .mp3 Format on iOS/iPadOS with ffmpeg in a-Shell

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cogitate

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Verb

consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind
- Less specific
  - chew over
  - think over
  - meditate
  - ponder
  - excogitate
  - contemplate
  - muse
  - reflect
  - mull
  - mull over
  - ruminate
  - speculate
- Related
  - cogitative
  - cogitation
  - cogitation
  - study
use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; “I’ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere”
- Synonyms
  - think
  - cerebrate
- More specific
  - puzzle over
  - rationalize
  - rationalise
  - think
  - philosophize
  - philosophise
  - brainstorm
  - chew over
  - think over
  - meditate
  - ponder
  - excogitate
  - contemplate
  - muse
  - reflect
  - mull
  - mull over
  - ruminate
  - speculate
  - reason
  - reason
  - reason out
  - conclude
  - evaluate
  - pass judgment
  - judge
  - study
  - meditate
  - contemplate
  - plan
  - associate
  - tie in
  - relate
  - link
  - colligate
  - link up
  - connect
  - concentrate
  - focus
  - center
  - centre
  - pore
  - rivet
  - give
  - pay
  - devote
  - think about
  - think
  - think
- See also
  - chew over
  - think over
  - meditate
  - ponder
  - excogitate
  - contemplate
  - muse
  - reflect
  - mull
  - mull over
  - ruminate
  - speculate
  - think out
  - think up
  - think of
  - dream up
  - hatch
  - concoct
- Related
  - thinking
  - thought
  - thought process
  - cerebration
  - intellection
  - mentation
  - cogitative
  - cogitative
  - cogitation
  - study
  - thinking
  - thought
  - thought process
  - cerebration
  - intellection
  - mentation
  - think
  - thinker
  - creative thinker
  - mind
  - thinker
  - thinking
  - thought
  - thought process
  - cerebration
  - intellection
  - mentation

cogitate – LookUp

verb

formal think deeply about something; meditate or reflect

he stroked his beard and retired to cogitate

Origin

late 16th century : from Latin cogitat- considered , from the verb cogitare , from co- together + agitare turn over, consider

Thesaurus

Verb

you were cogitating on some great matter

Similar Words: think think about contemplate consider give thought to give consideration to mull over meditate meditate on muse muse on ponder ponder on ponder over reflect reflect on deliberate deliberate about deliberate on ruminate ruminate about ruminate on ruminate over dwell on brood brood on brood over agonize agonize over worry worry about chew over puzzle puzzle over speculate about weigh up revolve turn over in one’s mind review study be in a brown study put on one’s thinking cap pore on cerebrate

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phantasmagoria

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Noun

LookUp

a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- Less specific
  - representation
  - mental representation
  - internal representation
- Related
  - phantasmagoric
  - phantasmagorical
  - surreal
  - surrealistic
  - phantasmagoric
  - phantasmagorical
  - surreal
  - surrealistic

a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream
what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery

Origin

early 19th century (originally the name of a London exhibition (1802) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern): probably from French fantasmagorie , from fantasme phantasm + a fanciful suffix