Meditate

Verb

 * 1) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
 * 2) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

 * meditative
 * meditation
 * meditator

Adverbs for Meditate
pensively; gloomily; seriously; morbidly; sedately; dispassionately; bitterly; wilfully; restlessly; whimsically; religiously; serenely; monotonously; characteristically; habitually.

Thesaurus
be abstracted, brood, brood over, cerebrate, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, con over, conceive, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, design, devise, digest, envisage, envision, frame, have in mind, have in view, introspect, meditate upon, mull, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, perpend, plan, play around with, play with, ponder, ponder over, reflect, reflect over, reflect upon, revolve, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, scheme, speculate, study, think, think over, think up, toy with, turn over, weigh

Etymology
From meditatus:, past participle of meditari:, in form as if frequentative of mederi:; in sense and in form near to Greek μελεταν:

Translations

 * Chinese: 思考
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: mediteren
 * Esperanto:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: meditere
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

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Verb
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