Crossword clues for pondered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ponder \Pon"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pondered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pondering.] [L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pond['e]rer. See Pendant, and cf. Pound a weight.]
To weigh. [Obs.]
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To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.
Ponder the path of thy feet.
--Prov. iv. 26.Syn: To Ponder, Consider, Muse.
Usage: To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: ponder)
Usage examples of "pondered".
Frank Skimmerhorn pondered this matter of the Lamanites, and he asked throughout Nauvoo for other recollections the villagers might have as to what exactly the Mormons had said during their unhappy stay there on their way to Salt Lake City, and he came up with a profound body of confirmation.
But she studied me and pondered until evidently she decided that she was also superior in strength.
I simply stood and let the words wash over me, while I pondered on happier things.
Torn with anguish of a great conflict, he pondered, smearing the sweat of agony from his hard-wrinkled forehead.
A sensation of considerable uneasiness crept over the Master as he pondered the huge strength and docility of these two executioners.
And thus, each absorbed in his own thoughts and dreams, silently the Legionaries pondered as they galloped through the enchanted streets.
The Master pondered a while as he sat there, dazed, blinking at the desert all purple, gold, and tawny-red.
It was a sight for men and angels all the Friday to see him wandering in and out of the house with his fingers in the leaves of the little book, resting it on his forearm whilst he pondered with his head on one side.
Seven Champions of Christendom disarmed and worsted in the fight, going back to Our Lady to find that she had hidden their swords where the gospels tell us she hid and pondered all things--in her heart?
As I pondered where to begin the telling of the dream, I felt a strange sensation.
Then, as I pondered it, it seemed that of course it must be so, and I wondered if some day Carsina and I would have daughters that we must safely shepherd into marriages.
But in truth, now that I pondered it, he did not seem to indulge his appetite any more than the rest of us did.
I seriously doubted that any of us had pondered it through as Gord had.
The doctor spoke as if he had pondered all his options and reached a decision.
Wiener pondered the problem and arrived at a familiar paradox with profound implications for his project.