meditate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To consider; to reflect on.

   […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.

2. 2
   verb

   reflect deeply on a subject

3. 3
   verb

   think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

4. 4
   verb

   To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.

5. 5
   verb

   To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

6. 6
   adj

   Meditated.

Etymology

First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.