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Meditate

Med′i-tate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Meditated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Meditating
.]
[L.
meditatus
, p. p. of
meditari
to meditate; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to learn, E.
mind
.]
To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
Jer. Taylor.
In his law doth he
meditate
day and night.
Ps. i. 2.

Med′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
“Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.”
Ecclus. xiv. 20.
2.
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.
Washington.
Syn. – 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Meditate

MED'ITATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. meditor.]
1.
To dwell on any thing in thought; to contemplate; to study; to turn or revolve any subject in the mind; appropriately but not exclusively used of pious contemplation, or a consideration of the great truths of religion.
His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps.1.
2.
To intend; to have in contemplation.
I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose.

MED'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
To plan by revolving in the mind; to contrive; to intend.
Some affirmed that I meditated a war.
1.
To think on; to revolve in the mind.
Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.

Definition 2024

meditate

meditate

English

Verb

meditate ‎(third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

  1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
  2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:ponder

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Translations

External links

  • meditate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • meditate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Verb

meditate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
  2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
  3. feminine plural of meditato

Latin

Participle

meditāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of meditātus

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Etymology

From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari ‎(“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi ‎(“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek μελετῶ ‎(meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

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