The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ponderate
Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. t. [L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See Ponder.] To consider; to ponder. [R.]
Ponderate
Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. i. To have weight or influence. [R.]
Wiktionary
ponderate
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To have weight or influence. 2 To consider; to ponder.
Usage examples of "ponderate".
They are strangely immature for men of their age and their position: though, indeed, it is to be supposed that if they were not, they would not be here - the mature, the ponderate mind does not embark itself upon a man-of-war -is not to be found wandering about the face of the ocean in quest of violence.