penser

(intransitive) to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something
(intransitive) to estimate, imagine, believe
(originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe
(intransitive) to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
(intransitive) to conceive a project
(with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
(with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
(with infinitive) to believe being or doing something
(with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
(with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something
(transitive) to reflect on something
(with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
(with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
(transitive) to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623)
(with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
(with mal) to intend to do something bad
(with à + object) to take care of
(with bien) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
(with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property

Inherited from Middle French penser inherited from Old French penser (think) borrowed from Latin pensō (ponder, consider).

Latin

pensō

ponder, consider