About The Word Ponder
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Ponder
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What's The Definition Of Ponder?
[v] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ponder: chew over | contemplate | excogotate | meditate | mull | mull over | muse | reflect | ruminate | speculate | think over Related Terms | Find terms related to Ponder: appraise | back down | balance | be abstracted | brood | brood over | chaw | chew over | chew the cud | cogitate | con over | consider | contemplate | debate | deliberate | deliberate over | deliberate upon | demur | digest | dwell | evaluate | excogitate | falter | fear | hang back | hem and haw | hesitate | hover | hum and haw | introspect | jib | meditate | meditate upon | mind | mull over | muse | muse on | muse over | pause | perpend | play around with | play with | ponder over | pull back | reason | reflect | reflect over | retreat | revolve | roll | ruminate | ruminate over | run over | scruple | shilly-shally | shy | speculate | stick at | stickle | stop to consider | straddle the fence | strain at | study | think | think over | think twice about | toy with | turn over | weigh | withdraw | yield See Also | bethink | brood | cerebrate | cogitate | consider | dwell | introspect | premeditate | puzzle | question | study | theologise | theologize | think | wonder | worry Ponder In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Pon"der\, v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over. --Longfellow. |
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