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Definition of Meditate
1. Verb. Reflect deeply on a subject. "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Generic synonyms: Cerebrate, Cogitate, Think
Specialized synonyms: Premeditate, Theologise, Theologize, Introspect, Bethink, Cogitate, Question, Wonder, Puzzle, Consider, Study
Derivative terms: Contemplation, Contemplative, Excogitative, Meditation, Meditative, Muller, Muse, Muser, Musing, Ponderer, Reflective, Reflective, Rumination, Ruminative, Ruminator, Speculation, Speculative
2. Verb. Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes. "He is meditating in his study"
Generic synonyms: Cerebrate, Cogitate, Think
Derivative terms: Contemplation, Contemplative, Meditation, Meditation, Meditative, Study, Study
Definition of Meditate
1. v. i. To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
2. v. t. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
Definition of Meditate
1. Verb. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. ¹
2. Verb. To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meditate
1. to ponder [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] - See also: ponder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meditate
Literary usage of Meditate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"I. A chosen society of philosophers, men of a liberal education and curious
disposition, might silently meditate, and temperately discuss, in the gardens of ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide. Gen. xxiv. 63. ... Blessed Is
the man that doth meditate good things. Ecclus. ..."
3. The Holy Bible ...by Canadian Bible Society by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"15 meditate upon these things; to house ; and not only idle, bat tal- IS Take heed
... meditate ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In 1756 he began to meditate on the perplexing slowness withwhich ice melts, and
water is dissipated in boiling. He divined the cause in 1757, ..."
5. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Meantime the principal captive had been cast into the Mamertine Prison, to
meditate, in the appalling darkness of that dungeon, on the bitterness of life, ..."
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