meditativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻtətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv/

Forms: 1600s meditatiue, 1600s– meditative.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French méditatif.

Etymology: < French méditatif (feminine méditative ) relating to meditation (c1320 in Old French; rare before late 17th cent.), inclined to meditation (c1330 in Middle French), desiderative (14th cent. in Middle French as a grammatical term) < post-classical Latin meditativus desiderative (4th cent. as a grammatical term), deep in thought (c1184 in a British source) < classical Latin meditāt- , past participial stem of meditārī meditate v. + -īvus -ive suffix.With meditative of (see sense A. 1b) compare Middle French méditatif de (c1400). Middle French méditative is attested as a noun (1466), but only in the sense ‘intention’.

A. adj.

I. General uses.

a. Of a person, disposition, state of mind, etc.: inclined or accustomed to meditation. Also, of a mode of thought, artistic work, or style, etc.: characterized by meditation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]

thoughtfulc1175

contemplative1340

considerativec1449

musing1449

studient1532

pondering1566

contemplatory1576

speculative1578

considerate1581

reflective1581

theorical1594

theoric?1600

theoretical1608

meditative1611

thoughtsome1627

reflexive1630

reflecting1632

revolutive1637

cogitativea1639

thoughtive1654

lucubratory1656

thinkful1668

theoretic1701

ruminatinga1704

reflectious1715

ruminative1774

thinking1799

meditative1831

ruminant1849

meditational1864

penseful1865

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. vi. 68 To this purpose it will not be immateriall, if I insert a meditatiue conceit of mine, wherewith I was vnfainedly possessed of late.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Meditative, apt to meditate, or cast in the mind.

1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1846) 108 His musing meditative mind.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 305 Those whom he exposes under the ridiculing title of meditative men.

1787 J. Berington Hist. Lives Abeillard & Heloisa iv. 198 Abeillard..was pious, reserved, meditative.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 2 And he with many feelings, many thoughts, Made up a meditative joy.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iii. 5/1 If through the high silent, meditative Transcendentalism of our Friend we detected any practical tendency whatever, it was at most Political.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 426 The melancholy and meditative Jaques.

1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. ii. §8. 194 The highest calls of meditative piety.

1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness i, in Youth 52 We felt meditative.

1936 F. R. Leavis Revaluation iv. 116 The meditative-Miltonizing poetic modes.

1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Jan. 23/1 Heaney, in his New Selected Poems, has given more space to later, more meditative (and verbally less certain) works.

b. Engaged in or given to meditating (upon something specified). With of. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective]

contemplative1340

thoughtfula1400

considering1483

revolving1597

deliberative1602

ponderative1610

reflexive1630

ponderous1632

reflecting1632

reflectivea1640

perpensive1647

balancing1850

meditative1876

1876 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight II. ii. 223 There..is our ontologic poet, meditative of incisive analytic unscannable blank verse.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xviii. 250 From me Ask glorious knowledge, ye, of all, with me Like meditative of fates to come.

2. Of an action, manner, appearance, etc.: accompanied by meditation; indicative of meditation.

ΚΠ

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 455 He used to take his meditative walks.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. ii. 166 He entered alone, and walking a meditative turn or two across the tent, kneeled down.

1824 B. Barton Poetic Vigils 75 Well may the Bard delight to roam In such a meditative scene.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 With meditative grunts of much content.

1903 T.P.'s Weekly 6 Nov. 724/2 After a dozen meditative pulls of his pipe, Harry proceeded.

1947 C. Mackenzie Whisky Galore iv. 37 The Doctor took a meditative pinch of snuff.

1987 C. Simmons Belles Lettres Papers v. 79 I took advantage of his meditative pause to introduce the Rose Cloth business.

3. Of or relating to meditation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]

thoughtfulc1175

contemplative1340

considerativec1449

musing1449

studient1532

pondering1566

contemplatory1576

speculative1578

considerate1581

reflective1581

theorical1594

theoric?1600

theoretical1608

meditative1611

thoughtsome1627

reflexive1630

reflecting1632

revolutive1637

cogitativea1639

thoughtive1654

lucubratory1656

thinkful1668

theoretic1701

ruminatinga1704

reflectious1715

ruminative1774

thinking1799

meditative1831

ruminant1849

meditational1864

penseful1865

1831 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 236 Here, in the seclusion of these calm precincts, have I passed many a meditative hour.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 195 Then too the hour, the meditative hour, Dear to the Muse. Cast large the true seed-thought.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Meditative,..of or pertaining to meditation; as, meditative methods.

1977 L. A. Govinda Creative Medit. vi. 135 Though samadhi may be the culmination in the meditative experience, we cannot remain in that state..but have to return to the world.

1994 N. Baker Fermata vii. 101 If I gave my hindbrain the slightest opportunity to work up a comely sexual shape, my meditative range would inevitably narrow.

4. Conducive to or prompting meditation. rare.

ΚΠ

a1847 R. Wilson Life (1862) I. ii. 63 The night was a memorable one, and I have never forgotten the awful and meditative sight of thirteen villages in flames.

1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. II. 64 A stone wall, when shrubbery has grown around it,..becomes a very pleasant and meditative object.

†II. Technical uses.

5. Grammar. = desiderative adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > optative or desiderative

optativec1400

desiderative1552

preparative1552

meditative1755

benedictive1841

volitive1846

voluntative1870

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Meditative, expressing intention or design.

†B. n.

Grammar. A desiderative word. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > desiderative verb

meditative1612

desiderative1751

voluntative1870

1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 63 What Verbes do you call Meditatiues?

1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum sig. G6 Meditatiues, or augmentatiues..signifie the continuation, intension, or increasing of the primitiue.

1635 Grammar Warre B viij Other Adverbs: as Meditatives, Deminutives, and Denominatives.

1724 S. Lowe Gram. Lat. Tongue 12 Meditatives in -urio.

a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 50/1 Most of the verbs in rio are meditatives.

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

单词	meditative
释义	meditativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv/ Forms: 1600s meditatiue, 1600s– meditative. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French méditatif. Etymology: < French méditatif (feminine méditative ) relating to meditation (c1320 in Old French; rare before late 17th cent.), inclined to meditation (c1330 in Middle French), desiderative (14th cent. in Middle French as a grammatical term) < post-classical Latin meditativus desiderative (4th cent. as a grammatical term), deep in thought (c1184 in a British source) < classical Latin meditāt- , past participial stem of meditārī meditate v. + -īvus -ive suffix.With meditative of (see sense A. 1b) compare Middle French méditatif de (c1400). Middle French méditative is attested as a noun (1466), but only in the sense ‘intention’. A. adj. I. General uses. 1. a. Of a person, disposition, state of mind, etc.: inclined or accustomed to meditation. Also, of a mode of thought, artistic work, or style, etc.: characterized by meditation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] thoughtfulc1175 contemplative1340 considerativec1449 musing1449 studient1532 pondering1566 contemplatory1576 speculative1578 considerate1581 reflective1581 theorical1594 theoric?1600 theoretical1608 meditative1611 thoughtsome1627 reflexive1630 reflecting1632 revolutive1637 cogitativea1639 thoughtive1654 lucubratory1656 thinkful1668 theoretic1701 ruminatinga1704 reflectious1715 ruminative1774 thinking1799 meditative1831 ruminant1849 meditational1864 penseful1865 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. vi. 68 To this purpose it will not be immateriall, if I insert a meditatiue conceit of mine, wherewith I was vnfainedly possessed of late. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Meditative, apt to meditate, or cast in the mind. 1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1846) 108 His musing meditative mind. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 305 Those whom he exposes under the ridiculing title of meditative men. 1787 J. Berington Hist. Lives Abeillard & Heloisa iv. 198 Abeillard..was pious, reserved, meditative. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 2 And he with many feelings, many thoughts, Made up a meditative joy. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iii. 5/1 If through the high silent, meditative Transcendentalism of our Friend we detected any practical tendency whatever, it was at most Political. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 426 The melancholy and meditative Jaques. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. ii. §8. 194 The highest calls of meditative piety. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness i, in Youth 52 We felt meditative. 1936 F. R. Leavis Revaluation iv. 116 The meditative-Miltonizing poetic modes. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Jan. 23/1 Heaney, in his New Selected Poems, has given more space to later, more meditative (and verbally less certain) works. b. Engaged in or given to meditating (upon something specified). With of. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] contemplative1340 thoughtfula1400 considering1483 revolving1597 deliberative1602 ponderative1610 reflexive1630 ponderous1632 reflecting1632 reflectivea1640 perpensive1647 balancing1850 meditative1876 1876 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight II. ii. 223 There..is our ontologic poet, meditative of incisive analytic unscannable blank verse. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xviii. 250 From me Ask glorious knowledge, ye, of all, with me Like meditative of fates to come. 2. Of an action, manner, appearance, etc.: accompanied by meditation; indicative of meditation. ΚΠ 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 455 He used to take his meditative walks. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. ii. 166 He entered alone, and walking a meditative turn or two across the tent, kneeled down. 1824 B. Barton Poetic Vigils 75 Well may the Bard delight to roam In such a meditative scene. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 With meditative grunts of much content. 1903 T.P.'s Weekly 6 Nov. 724/2 After a dozen meditative pulls of his pipe, Harry proceeded. 1947 C. Mackenzie Whisky Galore iv. 37 The Doctor took a meditative pinch of snuff. 1987 C. Simmons Belles Lettres Papers v. 79 I took advantage of his meditative pause to introduce the Rose Cloth business. 3. Of or relating to meditation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] thoughtfulc1175 contemplative1340 considerativec1449 musing1449 studient1532 pondering1566 contemplatory1576 speculative1578 considerate1581 reflective1581 theorical1594 theoric?1600 theoretical1608 meditative1611 thoughtsome1627 reflexive1630 reflecting1632 revolutive1637 cogitativea1639 thoughtive1654 lucubratory1656 thinkful1668 theoretic1701 ruminatinga1704 reflectious1715 ruminative1774 thinking1799 meditative1831 ruminant1849 meditational1864 penseful1865 1831 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 236 Here, in the seclusion of these calm precincts, have I passed many a meditative hour. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 195 Then too the hour, the meditative hour, Dear to the Muse. Cast large the true seed-thought. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Meditative,..of or pertaining to meditation; as, meditative methods. 1977 L. A. Govinda Creative Medit. vi. 135 Though samadhi may be the culmination in the meditative experience, we cannot remain in that state..but have to return to the world. 1994 N. Baker Fermata vii. 101 If I gave my hindbrain the slightest opportunity to work up a comely sexual shape, my meditative range would inevitably narrow. 4. Conducive to or prompting meditation. rare. ΚΠ a1847 R. Wilson Life (1862) I. ii. 63 The night was a memorable one, and I have never forgotten the awful and meditative sight of thirteen villages in flames. 1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. II. 64 A stone wall, when shrubbery has grown around it,..becomes a very pleasant and meditative object. †II. Technical uses. 5. Grammar. = desiderative adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > optative or desiderative optativec1400 desiderative1552 preparative1552 meditative1755 benedictive1841 volitive1846 voluntative1870 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Meditative, expressing intention or design. †B. n. Grammar. A desiderative word. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > desiderative verb meditative1612 desiderative1751 voluntative1870 1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 63 What Verbes do you call Meditatiues? 1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum sig. G6 Meditatiues, or augmentatiues..signifie the continuation, intension, or increasing of the primitiue. 1635 Grammar Warre B viij Other Adverbs: as Meditatives, Deminutives, and Denominatives. 1724 S. Lowe Gram. Lat. Tongue 12 Meditatives in -urio. a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 50/1 Most of the verbs in rio are meditatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1611
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