v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Meditated p. pr. & vb. n. Meditating. ] [ L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. &unr_; to learn, E. mind. ] To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. 1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. “Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.” Ecclus. xiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war. [ 1913 Webster ]
I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study. -- To Meditate, Contemplate, Intend. We meditate a design when we are looking out or waiting for the means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest convenient season. [ 1913 Webster ]
[かくしんはん, kakushinhan](n) (1) crime of conscience; (2) premeditated crime (viewed as mistaken usage); act carried out while knowing that it should not be[Add to Longdo]
[こらす, korasu](v5s, vt) (1) to freeze; to congeal; (2) to concentrate one's attention on; to devote oneself to something; to ponder; to meditate[Add to Longdo]
[たんが, tanga](n) (1) { Buddh } staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (2) { Buddh } providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time[Add to Longdo]