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.
Pondering \Pon"der*ing\, a. Deliberating. -- Pon"der*ing*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
n. rumination. vb. (present participle of ponder English)
WordNet
adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative]
Usage examples of "pondering".
It then stood beside the fallen body for a long time as if pondering what to do.
He had been pondering all day what he ought to say when he dined with the Zendts, and his mind was clear.
One morning before dawn, as he lay beside her pondering this problem, he chanced to recall the sermon about Ruth which the minister at the church in St.
As Perkin had intimated, she had for some time been pondering the situation.
For some time he sat alone, his head in his hands, pondering not the election, for on that his mind was fairly made up, but the painful confrontation he faced regarding his beloved Herefords.
I stood pondering for some moments, still turning the oak-and-linden circlet in my hands.
He could see again that she was pondering it, her mind examining the many facets of his suggestion.
Then, pondering his venture into Central Park eighteen hours hence, he considered his own safety.
Tite, might have been seen grouped together in the waist of the ship, pondering over a chart.
In the years of the Notebook, he advanced very far in his pondering on and acceptance of the great religious truths.
Sometimes I would snap out of such pondering with a jolt, surprised at myself.
He had been watching developments in the field of electronic computing and pondering the parallels to neurological processes he had observed in the laboratory.
After three decades of mathematical and scientific conquests, the philosopher in him was rising up, scrutinizing the new technological society through the long lens of history, and pondering its new ethical dilemmas and their human consequences.
Absently, Splendor twisted a lock of her hair around her wrist, pondering her origins.
He was seriously pondering striking up a conversation with his stoic escort when the heavy wooden door creaked open, and his intended bride stepped out.