Crossword clues for meditate
meditate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meditated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Meditating.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to
meditate; cf. Gr. ? to learn, E. mind.]
To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on
anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to
cogitate; to reflect.
--Jer. Taylor.
In his law doth he meditate day and night.
--Ps. i. 2.
Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. t.
To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. ``Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.''
--Ecclus. xiv. 20.-
To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war.
I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose.
--Washington.Syn: To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study.
Usage: To Meditate, Contemplate, Intend. We meditate a design when we are looking out or waiting for the means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest convenient season.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "to ponder," back-formation from meditation, or else from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (see meditation). Related: Meditated; meditating.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. 2 (context intransitive English) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
WordNet
v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study" [syn: study, contemplate]
Usage examples of "meditate".
In the full confidence that the approaching death of Constantius would leave him sole master of the Roman world, we are assured that he had arranged in his mind a long succession of future princes, and that he meditated his own retreat from public life, after he should have accomplished a glorious reign of about twenty years.
Tarzan and Zeyd journeyed toward the village in which the ape-man purposed to enlist an escort for the Arab upon the first stage of his return journey toward his desert home, the Beduin had time to meditate much upon many matters, and having come to trust and respect his savage guide he at last unbosomed himself to Tarzan.
Chapter Eleven Sir James AS Tarzan and Zeyd journeyed toward the village in which the ape-man purposed to enlist an escort for the Arab upon the first stage of his return journey toward his desert home, the Beduin had time to meditate much upon many matters, and having come to trust and respect his savage guide he at last unbosomed himself to Tarzan.
So Bernard meditated, as he wandered about alone for the rest of the evening.
As they talked on, partly in German and partly in English, their purpose in visiting Ansbach appeared to the Marches more meditated than it was.
If, unknowingly, I meditated while sitting in a patch of poison ivy, I would regret it.
When we meditated yesterday, faced with massive sleepiness, we stopped and read the newspaper.
Israel and his loyal wife moved into an isolated retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, where he studied and meditated, and she collected lime which she sold for fuel to the inhabitants of the valley towns.
I silently meditated on the eminent proofs of piety and faith which were just afforded me in the scene I had witnessed.
Wolves never Meditated, Wolves never Appreciated, Wolves never were Translated.
So she went below, leaving him in that hour of passive yet troubled thought, to stare up at the tranquil southern stars, as he meditated on life, and the meaning of life, and what lay beyond it all.
He meditated at least two hours every day and often much more because when the school was closed for holidays or weekends he would retire to his room and could only be reached when he was needed.
In the afternoon we meditated for another two hours, and another four and a half in the evening.
Certainly, Buddha had meditated for weeks on end, under a tree, on a rock.
She meditated, she learned the fire ceremony, and sometimes the master spoke a few words.