Meditate
['medɪteɪt] or ['mɛdɪtet]
Definition
(v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
(v. t.) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, COMPASS.[2]. Contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon.
v. n. Muse, ponder, think, reflect, rack, beat or cudgel one's brains, collect one's thoughts, advise with one's pillow.
Editor: Madge
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Think, cogitate, purpose, ruminate, contemplate, plan, revolve, consider
ANT:Execute, enact, complete, consummate
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Definition
v.i. to consider thoughtfully: to purpose (with on upon).—v.t. to think on: to revolve in the mind: to intend.—adj. Med′itated thought of: planned.—n. Meditā′tion the act of meditating: deep thought: serious contemplation: the direction of the thoughts of others in a discourse &c.: a literary or musical theme treated in a meditative manner.—adj. Med′itative given to meditation: expressing design.—adv. Med′itatively.—n. Med′itativeness.
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Examples
- Or stop still and meditate, like the Hamlet you compare yourself to, if I go too fast. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn seems to meditate as he looks distrustfully at her, then he replies, Well, wench, well. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To _her_, he said nothing; but when she was not looking at, or perhaps thinking of him, I saw him gaze and meditate on her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was evening when I arrived, and I retired to a hiding-place among the fields that surround it, to meditate in what manner I should apply to you. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But we were at sea again, and we had the stars and the ocean to look at, and plenty of room to meditate in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Do you meditate pleasure in replying? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Together for a year they will meditate within the Temple of the Sun, but ere the year is quite gone there will be no more food for them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mr. Wopsle, as the ill-requited uncle of the evening's tragedy, fell to meditating aloud in his garden at Camberwell. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He stood looking down and meditating. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Thus meditating to himself, he neglected to answer Miss Helstone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I went below--meditating and a little downhearted. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Bumble was meditating; it might be that the insects brought to mind, some painful passage in his own past life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Intensely astonished, Twemlow puts his hand to his forehead, and sinks back in his chair meditating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ursula meditated for a moment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- So Birkin meditated whilst he was ill. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He rode through the town, visiting the wounded, and giving such orders as were necessary for the siege he meditated. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not a syllable had ever reached her of Miss Darcy's meditated elopement. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- They are here, said Celia, with whom this explanation had been long meditated and prearranged. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, I wonder,' he meditated as he went along, nursing his stick, 'whether it can be, that Venus is setting himself to get the better of Wegg? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was nerving himself to this rigor as he rode from Brassing, and meditated on the representations he must make to Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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