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verb

Meditate v. t.

To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. "Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things."

To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war. "I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose."

Synonyms: To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study. To Meditate, Contemplate, Intend. We meditate a design when we are looking out or waiting for the means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest convenient season.

Meditate v. i. (past & past part. meditated; pres. part. meditating) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. "In his law doth he meditate day and night."

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Etymology of 'Meditate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Meditate" Quotes from Famous Books

... and muse, and moralize, and play the common part of the world. He strode slowly up to him, and standing full before him, said with a hollow voice and writhing smile, "You amuse yourself pleasantly, sir: this is a fine scene; and to meditate over griefs a thousand years hushed to rest is better than watching over a sick girl and eating away ...

— The Pilgrims Of The Rhine • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... his own room to add some final reverent touches to the masterpiece, and to meditate upon the delicate blonde beauty of ...

— At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern • Myrtle Reed

... of care, the wretch in love, Who long with jiltish arts and airs hast strove; Who, us the boughs all temptingly project, Measur'st in desperate thought—a rope—thy neck— Or, where the beetling cliff o'erhangs the deep, Peerest to meditate the healing leap: Would'st thou be cur'd, thou silly, moping elf? Laugh at their follies—laugh e'en at thyself: Learn to despise those frowns now so terrific, And love a kinder—that's ...

— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

... passed away. I felt as if I was in a trance. I could not think. I tried to forge, the past; I dared not meditate on the future. How I lived through that time I scarcely know. I never laughed or smiled, I scarcely spoke to any one; even the active duties of the ...

— Will Weatherhelm - The Yarn of an Old Sailor • W.H.G. Kingston

... back to London was one the details of which were registered with photographic realism in Tarling's mind for the rest of his life. The girl spoke little, and he himself was content to meditate and turn over in his mind the puzzling circumstances which ...

— The Daffodil Mystery • Edgar Wallace

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