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Webster 1913 Edition
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 warI
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.
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.
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.