Ponder
['pɒndə] or ['pɑndɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To weigh.
(v. t.) To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.
(v. i.) To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over.
Typist: Nathaniel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind.
v. n. Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study.
Inputed by Bruno
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Think_over, meditate_on, weigh, consider, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate,reflect, amuse, study, resolve,[See CONSIDER]
Editor: Winthrop
Definition
v.t. to weigh in the mind: to think over: to consider.—v.i. to think (with on and over).—ns. Ponderabil′ity Pon′derableness.—adjs. Pon′derable that may be weighed: having sensible weight; Pon′deral ascertained by weight.—ns. Pon′derance Ponderā′tion weight; Pon′derer one who ponders.—adv. Pon′deringly.—ns. Pon′derling a thing of little weight; Pon′derment the act of pondering.—adj. Pon′derous weighty: massive: forcible: important: clumsy or unwieldy by reason of weight.—adv. Pon′derously.—ns. Pon′derousness Ponderos′ity weight: heaviness: heavy matter.
Typed by Gwendolyn
Examples
- No need to ponder the cause or the course of that sigh; I knew it was wakened by beauty; I knew it pursued Ginevra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I suspected she might be right and I wrong; but I would not ponder the matter deeply; like Felix, I put it off to a more convenient season. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But Mr. Tulkinghorn is not alone to-night to ponder at his usual length. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I ponder over similar ones myself sometimes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Haley therefore slowly and discontentedly returned to the little tavern, to ponder further what was to be done. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I pondered over this report for some time, finally asking, What might a sorak be, Sola? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Oliver leaned his head upon his hand when the old man disappeared, and pondered, with a trembling heart, on the words he had just heard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Don't lambaste me with my own parallels-' Gerald pondered a while. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Justinian, on receiving this diplomatic answer, ran his fingers thoughtfully through his silver beard, and pondered as to what answer to give. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Through most of the succeeding night I pondered that evening's interview. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It goes by contraries, like dreaMs.' Gerald pondered for a few moments. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I kept these things then, and pondered them in my heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is strange that he should have told you the truth,' says Mrs Lammle, seriously pondering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But Jo had made up her mind, and after pondering over a project for some days, she confided it to her mother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After some pondering, I determined to write to the only honest man within reach whom we could trust to help us discreetly in our forlorn situation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Birkin, pondering as he stood there, had forgotten Mrs Crich, as she had forgotten him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- While pondering this problem, I sat in the dormitory window-seat. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He turned it over in his mind, with thought deep and slow, as some German pondering metaphysics. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- However all my time, and all my pondering, and all my skill, only confirmed me the more steadily in this opinion--that I know nothing about it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The really executive man is a man who ponders his ends, who makes his ideas of the results of his actions as clear and full as possible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A man who has lived as I have lived has his bitter moments when he ponders over human destiny. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Lola