medit

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 ]

n. [ OE. meditacioun, F. méditation, fr. L. meditatio. ] 1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps. xix. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With wings as swift
As meditation or the thoughts of love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is given to meditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meditativus: cf. F. méditatif. ] Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and Terrace. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inland; remote from the ocean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A small two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata), a native of the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in warm regions, which can cause great damage to citrus and other succulent fruit crops when present in large numbers. It is black and white and irregularly banded. It lays eggs in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits; when the eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) inside the fruit, they cause the fruit to decay and fall, and make the fruit unsaleable. It is also popularly called the medfly. The possibility of infestation by this and other crop pests has caused some states such as California, where fruit is a major export, to ban the importation of fruit from other regions. Outbreaks of infestation with the medfly have caused California to mobilize major eradication campaigns and have been the subject of political faultfinding. The eradication tactic, of releasing sterile males to break the reproductive cycle, has been used to deal with outbreaks of the medfly. [ PJC ]