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med⋅i⋅ta⋅tion

  [med-i-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of meditating.
2. continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.
3. transcendental meditation.
4. devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.
Origin:
1175–1225; < L meditātiōn- (s. of meditātiō) a thinking over (see meditate, -ion ); r. ME meditacioun < AF < L, as above
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med·i·ta·tion   (měd'ĭ-tā'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act or process of meditating.

    2. A devotional exercise of or leading to contemplation.

  2. A contemplative discourse, usually on a religious or philosophical subject.

med'i·ta'tion·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

meditation 
c.1225, "discourse on a subject," from L. meditationem (nom. meditatio), from meditatus, pp. of meditari "to meditate, to think over, consider," from PIE base *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise" (cf. Gk. medesthai "think about," medon "ruler," L. modus "measure, manner," modestus "moderate," modernus "modern," mederi "to heal," medicus "physician," Skt. midiur "I judge, estimate," Welsh meddwl "mind, thinking," Goth. miton, O.E. metan "to measure"). Meaning "act of meditating, continuous calm thought upon some subject" is from 1390.
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