considerern.
/kənˈsɪdərə/ One who considers:
a. with the eyes.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator
showerOE
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regardant1590
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supervisor1610
eyer1611
spectatrix1611
spectatress1632
speculator1647
contemplator1658
attender1665
espier1860
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 478 Open ynowȝ to ech considerer.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 94 Al the beholders and considerers of this seldome seene combate.
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F3v If..our Considerer chance to take notice how thick 'tis set with Leaves.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iv. i. 213/1 More of the smaller Stars may be seen by our Considerers than in many other Places.
b. with the mind.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders
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considerera1568
contemplator1597
deliberator1598
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head-scratcher1618
considerator1658
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reflector1665
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ruminator1758
phrontist1822
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a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 64v Salust..requireth a learned Reader, and a right considerer of him.
1672 I. Newton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5084 At the perusal of the considerations..I find the Considerer somewhat more concern'd for an Hypothesis, than I expected.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1765) 412 A superficial Considerer of what he reads.
1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxi. 249 They have found that the ‘considerer’ of their faith rarely ends in accepting it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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