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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consider \Con*sid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Considered}; p. pr & vb n. {Considering}.] [F. consid['e]rer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr con- + sidus, sideris star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See {Sidereal}, and cf {Desire}.] 1. To fix the mind on with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care to ponder; to study; to meditate on I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 95. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. --Milton. 2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it --Prov. xxxi. 16. 3. To have regard to to take into view or account; to pay due attention to to respect. Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. --Shak. England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W. Temple. 4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. --Macaulay. Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as ``Blessed is he that considereth the poor.'' --Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. ``Which [services] if I have not enough considered.'' --Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. ``Consider him liberally.'' --J. Hooker. Syn: To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on contemplate; examine. See {Ponder}.
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