meditatev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌteɪt/

Forms: 1500s medetate, 1500s–1600s meditat, 1500s– meditate; Scottish pre-1700 meditat, pre-1700 1700s– meditate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin meditāt-, meditārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin meditāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of meditārī < med- , the base found in medērī (see medic n.¹) + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare Middle French, French méditer medite v., Middle High German, German meditieren (14th cent.). Compare earlier premeditate v.Senses 1, 2a, and 3 reflect senses of the Latin verb. Senses 2c and 4 appear unique to English. Although the earliest quots. at both senses might suggest Italian and French influence respectively, both are from material added by the translators; Italian meditare and Middle French, French méditer do not appear to be used in these senses. In post-classical Latin, meditari sometimes reflects or translates ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek μελετᾶν to study, meditate (see meletetics n.), especially in Vetus Latina, Vulgate, and ecclesiastical writers. Ancient grammarians believed Latin meditari to be derived from this Greek word.

1. To exercise the mind in thought or reflection; (frequently) to engage the mind in religious or spiritual reflection, contemplation, or other discipline. Cf. meditation n. 1a, 1d.

a. intransitive. With on, upon, over, †in, †of. [The use of meditate with in (see quot. 1560; also in the King James Bible of 1611) represents a post-classical construction of Latin meditari with in (see in prep.) + ablative, which appears in the Vulgate, translating Hebrew phrases of the form verb + b- ‘in’.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)]

howOE

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contemplate?1538

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > contemplate [verb (transitive)]

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1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms i. 2 In his Law doeth he meditate day and night [L. in lege eius meditabitur].

1580 A. Fleming Memoriall W. Lambe C iij b Whose daily custome it was to meditate vpon a Praier booke, called The Conduit of Comfort,..that with the water thereof his soule..might be refreshed.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 163 The better to haue them in memorie, it often thinketh and meditateth of those things.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 195 I wil meditate the while vpon some horrid message for a Challenge.

a1618 W. Bradshaw Medit. Mans Mortalitie (1621) 30 When God in any judgement..shewes his wrath, wee should thinke and meditate of this.

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 195 He then that shall vnfainedly meditate on all these..Texts.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 19 He that accustoms himself to meditate upon the greatness of God, finds [etc.].

1733 Pennsylvania Gaz. 20 Dec. 1/1 This may serve to introduce a few Thoughts I have had while meditating on the Circumstances of Buildings on Fire.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxi. 243 Whenever he [sc. Athanasius] forced his understanding to meditate on the divinity of the Logos, his toilsome and unavailing efforts recoiled on themselves.

1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix Leaving me to meditate over the future.

1877 M. Williams Hinduism vi. 76 A Buddhist..only meditates on the perfections of the Buddha.

1882 Boy's Own Paper 3 June 574/3 Mr Rastle..set them..two hours a-piece in the detention-room, there to meditate over their evil ways.

1925 E. Glasgow Barren Ground II. xvi. 362 While they went out of doors together she meditated upon the fact of his usefulness.

1989 J. Winterson Sexing Cherry (1991) 72 She asks them to meditate on a five-pointed star in the belly and to watch the points push outwards.

b. intransitive. Without construction.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > contemplate [verb (intransitive)]

medite1483

meditate1596

speculate1607

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B4^v And bid the Lords hold on their play at Chesse, For wee will walke and meditate alone.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 75 He is..meditating with two deepe Diuines.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 63 And Isaac went out, to meditate in the field, at the euentide.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 When a man writes to the world,..he searches, meditats, is industrious.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xvi. 289 The Gentleman stopping short, and seeming to meditate by himself for the space of about a Minute, exclaimed thus: [etc.] .

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xlvi. 149 In monasteries..the weary may repose, and the penitent may meditate.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 While I meditated A wind arose.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xviii. 200 Here..the celibate would walk and meditate of an evening till the moon's rays streamed in through the cobwebbed windows.

1897 Catholic Dict. (ed. 5) 618/1 The understanding considering this truth in its application to the individual who meditates.

1958 R. K. Narayan Guide ii. 29 He has renounced the world; he does nothing but meditate.

1977 R. Angell Five Seasons xi. 245 Blass repeated mantras and meditated twice a day.

2000 Independent on Sunday 9 Jan. (Travel section) 1/4 A one-hour stroll from the east gates takes you to the Eremo Delle Carceri, a secluded spot..where St Francis liked to meditate alone.

a. transitive. To muse over or reflect upon; to consider, study, ponder.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

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to figure on or upon1837

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to mull over1874

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c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David v. i O Lord,..Consider what I meditate in me.

1617 J. Brinsley Pueriles Confabulatiunculæ sig. C4 Meditate those things diligently, which we now reade.

1695 J. Addison To the King in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 9 Our British Youth..Had long forgot to Meditate the Foe.

1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly 31 Him [sc. Rousseau] they study; him they meditate.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 302 Alberti had deeply meditated the remains of Roman antiquity.

a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) ii. 40 If they thoroughly meditated the circumstances of the case.

1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds viii. 193 Mr Mullett returned to his newspaper and the reading room fell silent, as though meditating his weighty words.

1946 R. Lowell Lord Weary's Castle 60 He meditated terror, and he seemed Beyond advice or reason, for he dreamed That he was called to trumpet Judgement Day.

1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xii. 320 We ought to meditate the immortal words of Pericles but pay some attention to the conservative warnings of Cleon.

b. transitive. to meditate the Muse [after classical Latin mūsam meditārī to work over a song or poem in performance (Virgil Eclogues 1. 2)] : to occupy oneself in song or poetry.

ΚΠ

1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues vi. 58/2 Now will I meditate a fielden Muse (viz. a pastorall song) with my slender reed.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 22 in Justa Edouardo King What boots it..To tend the homely slighted shepherds trade, And strictly meditate the thanklesse Muse?

1820 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden Proem p. xi He who loved with thee his notes to try, But for thy sake, such idlesse would deplore,—And swears to meditate the thankless muse no more.

1891 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 151 They walked a little distance together, and then Mr. Thackeray confessed that he was meditating the Muse, and my friend left him.

1940 Mod. Lang. Notes 55 572 As for dialogue the Shakespearean medium is also poetry;..and though flesh-and-blood lovers may meditate the muse they do it painfully.

c. transitive. To fix one's attention upon; to observe intently or with interest. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)]

intend1429

to run upon ——c1443

to run on ——?1499

to run of ——?1504

to stick to ——?1530

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fix1664

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linger1835

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 132 Like a Lion..With inward Rage he meditates his Prey.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xl. 280 He bowed his head upon his pillow, and meditated me.

1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xlv. 230 She seeing..that I meditated the seal with impatience, begged me to read it then.

1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xlv. 219 At the doors of their cliff-retreats, sit sagely the cormorants, and meditate the passing Howadji.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. ii. 359 This happened at midwinter, while Ethelred was meditating his Christmas fare in Shropshire.

3. To plan by turning over in the mind; to conceive or design mentally.

a. transitive. Without construction. Occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

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to rough out1738

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1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts iv. 25 Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people meditate vaine thinges.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. B2^v They recke no lawes that meditate reuenge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 60 Yorke. Now Somerset, where is your argument? Som. Here in my Scabbard, meditating, that Shall dye your white Rose in a bloody red.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 78 It is also a Law of Nature, That all men that meditate Peace, be allowed safe Conduct.

1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray i. i. 11 Ev'n now she seems to meditate her flight.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 167 A creature meditating mischief.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 54 (1822) II. 15 Kubla Khan, which was meditated under the effects of opium.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 135 Catiline was meditating a revolution.

1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 5/2 They are meditating a reimposition of the tax on corn.

1908 E. F. Benson Climber iv. 57 It [sc. a cat] will now go and meditate evilly in the asparagus for half an hour, and make fresh plans.

1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xxvii. 175 He meditated revenge and his heart was aflame with envy.

1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. viii. vii. 156 All this time the British had remained at Halifax awaiting reinforcements from England and meditating their strategy.

1996 Times 19 June 23/8 Giuseppe di Lampedusa meditated his single novel The Leopard for most of his life before sitting down to write it three years before he died.

b. transitive. With infinitive clause as object. Now archaic.

ΚΠ

1588 W. Kempe Educ. Children sig. G1 Now after that the Schollar hath bin a fewe dayes enured to this imitation, he shall three or foure times euery weeke, meditate alone to make the like in writing also.

1667 A. Marvell Last Instr. to Painter 420 The Court all meditates To fly to Windsor, and mure up the Gates.

1724 J. Gay Captives ii. iv. 19 The Prince Sophernes..Had meditated to destroy Phraortes.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. xii. 204 I meditated to do you good.

1834 A. F. Tytler Univ. Hist. (1850) I. iii. vii. 352 The Latins..meditated to shake off the Roman yoke.

1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel II. xxxviii. 200 I..am meditating to begin with a couple of mutton chops.

†4. intransitive. To hold as an opinion, think. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)]

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1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v What is more vnbeseeming..than alwaies to abide at home..and not to meditate and thinke that at one time or other it is meete..to flie abroade.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Pref. What shal we therefore meditate of the especial prerogative of English Catholiques at this time?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meditate
释义	† meditateadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meditātus. Etymology: < classical Latin meditātus, past participle of meditārī meditate v. Obsolete. = meditated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] > weighed mentally, considered counterpoised1477 beholden1530 concoct1534 pensive1575 meditate1588 meditated1588 considered1604 ruminated1605 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 thought-out1833 ponderated1892 ponderate1922 thought-through1922 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 250 The law deemeth that he doeth it..with a meditate hatred. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder iii. 18 My early planned, Long meditate..epic! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). meditatev. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌteɪt/ Forms: 1500s medetate, 1500s–1600s meditat, 1500s– meditate; Scottish pre-1700 meditat, pre-1700 1700s– meditate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin meditāt-, meditārī. Etymology: < classical Latin meditāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of meditārī < med- , the base found in medērī (see medic n.¹) + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare Middle French, French méditer medite v., Middle High German, German meditieren (14th cent.). Compare earlier premeditate v.Senses 1, 2a, and 3 reflect senses of the Latin verb. Senses 2c and 4 appear unique to English. Although the earliest quots. at both senses might suggest Italian and French influence respectively, both are from material added by the translators; Italian meditare and Middle French, French méditer do not appear to be used in these senses. In post-classical Latin, meditari sometimes reflects or translates ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek μελετᾶν to study, meditate (see meletetics n.), especially in Vetus Latina, Vulgate, and ecclesiastical writers. Ancient grammarians believed Latin meditari to be derived from this Greek word. 1. To exercise the mind in thought or reflection; (frequently) to engage the mind in religious or spiritual reflection, contemplation, or other discipline. Cf. meditation n. 1a, 1d. a. intransitive. With on, upon, over, †in, †of. [The use of meditate with in (see quot. 1560; also in the King James Bible of 1611) represents a post-classical construction of Latin meditari with in (see in prep.) + ablative, which appears in the Vulgate, translating Hebrew phrases of the form verb + b- ‘in’.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)] howOE study?c1225 bethinkc1300 muse1340 recorda1400 imaginec1400 to take thoughtc1450 contemplaire1474 medite1483 remord1535 contemplate?1538 ruminate1547 meditate1560 scance1606 excogitate1630 cogitate1633 reflect1772 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > contemplate [verb (transitive)] chewc1175 contemplate1560 meditate1560 medite1606 recollect1626 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms i. 2 In his Law doeth he meditate day and night [L. in lege eius meditabitur]. 1580 A. Fleming Memoriall W. Lambe C iij b Whose daily custome it was to meditate vpon a Praier booke, called The Conduit of Comfort,..that with the water thereof his soule..might be refreshed. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 163 The better to haue them in memorie, it often thinketh and meditateth of those things. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 195 I wil meditate the while vpon some horrid message for a Challenge. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Bradshaw Medit. Mans Mortalitie (1621) 30 When God in any judgement..shewes his wrath, wee should thinke and meditate of this. 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 195 He then that shall vnfainedly meditate on all these..Texts. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 19 He that accustoms himself to meditate upon the greatness of God, finds [etc.]. 1733 Pennsylvania Gaz. 20 Dec. 1/1 This may serve to introduce a few Thoughts I have had while meditating on the Circumstances of Buildings on Fire. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxi. 243 Whenever he [sc. Athanasius] forced his understanding to meditate on the divinity of the Logos, his toilsome and unavailing efforts recoiled on themselves. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix Leaving me to meditate over the future. 1877 M. Williams Hinduism vi. 76 A Buddhist..only meditates on the perfections of the Buddha. 1882 Boy's Own Paper 3 June 574/3 Mr Rastle..set them..two hours a-piece in the detention-room, there to meditate over their evil ways. 1925 E. Glasgow Barren Ground II. xvi. 362 While they went out of doors together she meditated upon the fact of his usefulness. 1989 J. Winterson Sexing Cherry (1991) 72 She asks them to meditate on a five-pointed star in the belly and to watch the points push outwards. b. intransitive. Without construction. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > contemplate [verb (intransitive)] medite1483 meditate1596 speculate1607 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B4^v And bid the Lords hold on their play at Chesse, For wee will walke and meditate alone. View more context for this quotation 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 75 He is..meditating with two deepe Diuines. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 63 And Isaac went out, to meditate in the field, at the euentide. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 When a man writes to the world,..he searches, meditats, is industrious. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xvi. 289 The Gentleman stopping short, and seeming to meditate by himself for the space of about a Minute, exclaimed thus: [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xlvi. 149 In monasteries..the weary may repose, and the penitent may meditate. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 While I meditated A wind arose. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xviii. 200 Here..the celibate would walk and meditate of an evening till the moon's rays streamed in through the cobwebbed windows. 1897 Catholic Dict. (ed. 5) 618/1 The understanding considering this truth in its application to the individual who meditates. 1958 R. K. Narayan Guide ii. 29 He has renounced the world; he does nothing but meditate. 1977 R. Angell Five Seasons xi. 245 Blass repeated mantras and meditated twice a day. 2000 Independent on Sunday 9 Jan. (Travel section) 1/4 A one-hour stroll from the east gates takes you to the Eremo Delle Carceri, a secluded spot..where St Francis liked to meditate alone. 2. a. transitive. To muse over or reflect upon; to consider, study, ponder. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David v. i O Lord,..Consider what I meditate in me. 1617 J. Brinsley Pueriles Confabulatiunculæ sig. C4 Meditate those things diligently, which we now reade. 1695 J. Addison To the King in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 9 Our British Youth..Had long forgot to Meditate the Foe. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly 31 Him [sc. Rousseau] they study; him they meditate. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 302 Alberti had deeply meditated the remains of Roman antiquity. a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) ii. 40 If they thoroughly meditated the circumstances of the case. 1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds viii. 193 Mr Mullett returned to his newspaper and the reading room fell silent, as though meditating his weighty words. 1946 R. Lowell Lord Weary's Castle 60 He meditated terror, and he seemed Beyond advice or reason, for he dreamed That he was called to trumpet Judgement Day. 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xii. 320 We ought to meditate the immortal words of Pericles but pay some attention to the conservative warnings of Cleon. b. transitive. to meditate the Muse [after classical Latin mūsam meditārī to work over a song or poem in performance (Virgil Eclogues 1. 2)] : to occupy oneself in song or poetry. ΚΠ 1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues vi. 58/2 Now will I meditate a fielden Muse (viz. a pastorall song) with my slender reed. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 22 in Justa Edouardo King What boots it..To tend the homely slighted shepherds trade, And strictly meditate the thanklesse Muse? 1820 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden Proem p. xi He who loved with thee his notes to try, But for thy sake, such idlesse would deplore,—And swears to meditate the thankless muse no more. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 151 They walked a little distance together, and then Mr. Thackeray confessed that he was meditating the Muse, and my friend left him. 1940 Mod. Lang. Notes 55 572 As for dialogue the Shakespearean medium is also poetry;..and though flesh-and-blood lovers may meditate the muse they do it painfully. c. transitive. To fix one's attention upon; to observe intently or with interest. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] intend1429 to run upon ——c1443 to run on ——?1499 to run of ——?1504 to stick to ——?1530 affix1553 medite1606 fix1664 meditate1700 linger1835 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 132 Like a Lion..With inward Rage he meditates his Prey. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xl. 280 He bowed his head upon his pillow, and meditated me. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xlv. 230 She seeing..that I meditated the seal with impatience, begged me to read it then. 1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xlv. 219 At the doors of their cliff-retreats, sit sagely the cormorants, and meditate the passing Howadji. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. ii. 359 This happened at midwinter, while Ethelred was meditating his Christmas fare in Shropshire. 3. To plan by turning over in the mind; to conceive or design mentally. a. transitive. Without construction. Occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts iv. 25 Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people meditate vaine thinges. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. B2^v They recke no lawes that meditate reuenge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 60 Yorke. Now Somerset, where is your argument? Som. Here in my Scabbard, meditating, that Shall dye your white Rose in a bloody red. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 78 It is also a Law of Nature, That all men that meditate Peace, be allowed safe Conduct. 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray i. i. 11 Ev'n now she seems to meditate her flight. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 167 A creature meditating mischief. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 54 (1822) II. 15 Kubla Khan, which was meditated under the effects of opium. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 135 Catiline was meditating a revolution. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 5/2 They are meditating a reimposition of the tax on corn. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber iv. 57 It [sc. a cat] will now go and meditate evilly in the asparagus for half an hour, and make fresh plans. 1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xxvii. 175 He meditated revenge and his heart was aflame with envy. 1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. viii. vii. 156 All this time the British had remained at Halifax awaiting reinforcements from England and meditating their strategy. 1996 Times 19 June 23/8 Giuseppe di Lampedusa meditated his single novel The Leopard for most of his life before sitting down to write it three years before he died. b. transitive. With infinitive clause as object. Now archaic. ΚΠ 1588 W. Kempe Educ. Children sig. G1 Now after that the Schollar hath bin a fewe dayes enured to this imitation, he shall three or foure times euery weeke, meditate alone to make the like in writing also. 1667 A. Marvell Last Instr. to Painter 420 The Court all meditates To fly to Windsor, and mure up the Gates. 1724 J. Gay Captives ii. iv. 19 The Prince Sophernes..Had meditated to destroy Phraortes. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. xii. 204 I meditated to do you good. 1834 A. F. Tytler Univ. Hist. (1850) I. iii. vii. 352 The Latins..meditated to shake off the Roman yoke. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel II. xxxviii. 200 I..am meditating to begin with a couple of mutton chops. †4. intransitive. To hold as an opinion, think. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] ween971 holda1300 believec1325 judgec1325 feelc1380 supposea1387 conceivea1425 take1429 opinea1475 thinkc1480 supponea1500 esteem1507 opinion1555 intend?1577 meditate1585 opinionate1599 opiniate1624 arbitrate1637 apprehend1639 state1671 calculate1805 consider1830 fink1888 1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v What is more vnbeseeming..than alwaies to abide at home..and not to meditate and thinke that at one time or other it is meete..to flie abroade. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Pref. What shal we therefore meditate of the especial prerogative of English Catholiques at this time? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588v.1560
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