mull – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mull over
Participle: mulled over
Gerund: mulling over

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	mull over
we	Let's mull over
you	mull over

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.

ponder

ponder

brood, reflect, meditate, think, weigh

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "ponder," 1873, perhaps ult. from M.E. mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish," probably from M.Du. mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill. But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to botch, muff" (1862).
2. Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, mould”), German Müll (“rubbish”), Swedish moln (“cloud”) and related to English mill (“to grind”). Alternatively, from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis (“soft”).
3. Some verbal senses are supplied by Middle English mollen (“to soften, dissolve”), from Old French moillier, from Latin *molliāre (“to steep”), itself from mollis; compare moil. See: Middle English 'mollen', Old French 'moillier'.

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