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meditate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(as a participle, not-comparable, obsolete) Meditated.
wikipedia: Early Modern English
meditate en · VERB
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
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(intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
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(transitive) To consider; to reflect on.
He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.
1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:[…] 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.
1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn^([sic]) Milton:
Forms
Deriveds
meditater · meditatist · meditatingly · remeditate · nonmeditating
Relateds
meditator · meditative · meditation
Translations (49)
it filosofare (to contemplate) · sq përsiat (to contemplate) · cs meditovat (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · hi आराम करना (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · bg медитирам (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · cmn 冥想 (to contemplate) · sv meditera (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · cs meditovat (to contemplate) · fi meditoida (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · ja 瞑想する (to contemplate) · it riflettere (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · el διαλογίζομαι (to contemplate) · bg размишлявам (to contemplate) · sa चिन्तयति (to contemplate) · hi मनन करना (to contemplate) · es meditar (to contemplate) · es meditar (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · fa اندیشه کردن (to contemplate) · ru медитировать (to contemplate) · ca meditar (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · pl medytować (to contemplate) · uk медитува́ти (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · nl mediteren (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · sq përsias (to contemplate) · mn бясалгах (to contemplate) · th เข้าฌาน (to contemplate) · bg обмислям (to contemplate) · it meditare (to contemplate) · hi ध्यान देना (to contemplate) · km ធ្វើសមាធិ (to contemplate) · fi mietiskellä (to contemplate) · eo mediti (to contemplate) · ca meditar (to contemplate) · fa تعمق کردن (to contemplate) · tr meditasyon yapmak (to contemplate) · pt meditar (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · uk розду́мувати (to contemplate) · it meditare (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious) · gd meòraich (to contemplate) · th ทำสมาธิ (to contemplate) · fr méditer (to contemplate) · ko 숙고하다 (to contemplate) · zdj ulolea (to contemplate) · sa ध्यायति (to contemplate) · ro medita (to contemplate) · grc μελετάω (to contemplate) · ga meabhraigh (to contemplate) · gd cnuasaich (to contemplate) · cmn 沉思 (to contemplate)
wikipedia: Early Modern English