Sentence:  In a small way this is illustrated by the nineteenth century novelist who argued for the powerful influence of literature as a teacher of society and who illustrated this with the way a girl learned to meet her lover , how to behave , how to <WSD>think</WSD> about this new experience , how to exercise restraint . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments