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pondering

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
  1.  To  weigh.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pondering  \Pon"der*ing\,  a. 
  Deliberating.  --  {Pon"der*ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pondering 
  adj  :  persistently  or  morbidly  thoughtful  [syn:  {brooding},  {broody}, 
  {contemplative},  {meditative},  {musing},  {pensive},  {reflective}, 
  {ruminative}]




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