† meditancen.
Obsolete. rare.
Meditation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun]
thoughta1387
consideration1388
contemplationc1390
meditationa1393
musinga1393
speculationa1450
studier1472
musea1500
recollection1576
contemplature1580
rumination1585
contemplating1587
amuse1606
meditating1609
theory1611
meditancea1625
amusement1694
cogitabundation1729
cogibundity1734
cogitabundity1744
think1834
recueillement1845
thunk1922
noodling1942
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. i. 136 Your first thought is more. Then others laboured meditance . View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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