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Meditated

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.

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meditated
  1. plan. v

  2. (en-past of: meditate)

Usage examples of "meditated".

Circle members meditated in silence for long hours, walked with bowed heads, and observed the rabbinical laws to the letter.

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.

I did get up, and also I meditated regularly, and cleaned the house, but not out of my own free will.

He meditated for years and years on this train, and one day he walked to the tracks and threw himself at the Inter-city coming from Tokyo.

I could have meditated in my room, studied Japanese or worked in the garden.

This was the woman they had been waiting for, the free woman, who having meditated on the lot of her sisters would formulate the Declaration of the rights and duties of woman.