To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
To believe or opine (that).
To think about seriously.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
To assign some quality to.
To look at attentively.
To think of doing.
To take up as an example.
To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.