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med·i·tate

   [med-i-teyt] verb, -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
2.
to engage in transcendental meditation, devout religious contemplation, or quiescent spiritual introspection.
verb (used with object)
3.
to consider as something to be done or effected; intend; purpose: to meditate revenge.

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Origin:
1550–60; < Latin meditātus, past participle of meditārī to meditate, contemplate, plan

Related forms
med·i·tat·ing·ly, adverb
med·i·ta·tor, noun
un·med·i·tat·ed, adjective
un·med·i·tat·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. ponder, muse; ruminate; cogitate, study, think. 3. contemplate, plan, devise, contrive.

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  • People who meditate regularly appear to undergo changes in parts of the brain that handle perception and attentiveness.
  • Powers opts to meditate on the project of memorializing.
  • Ideally, the ministers would then meditate over the summer on what they have lost-and he could then ask for a final push.
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meditate (ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt)
 
—vb
1.  (intr; foll by on or upon) to think about something deeply
2.  (intr) to reflect deeply on spiritual matters, esp as a religious act: I make space to meditate every day
3.  (tr) to plan, consider, or think of doing (something)
 
[C16: from Latin meditārī to reflect upon]
 
'meditative
 
—adj
 
'meditatively
 
—adv
 
'meditativeness
 
—n
 
'meditator
 
—n

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meditate
c.1580, to ponder, from L. meditat-, pp. stem of meditari (see meditation). Related: Meditating.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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