meditate
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MEDITATECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-#MEDITATEFirst attested in 1560; borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#MEDITATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#MEDITATE meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#MEDITATE and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)#MEDITATE), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Pronunciation
Verb
meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)Category:English lemmas#MEDITATECategory:English verbs#MEDITATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#MEDITATE) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#MEDITATE) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MEDITATE) To consider; to reflect on.
- 1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn[sic] Milton:
- […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDITATE
- 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:
- He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDITATE
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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Adjective
meditate (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#MEDITATECategory:English adjectives#MEDITATECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#MEDITATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#MEDITATE, as a participle) Meditated.
Further reading
- “meditate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “meditate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
meditateCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#MEDITATECategory:Italian verb forms#MEDITATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
- inflection of meditare:
Etymology 2
Participle
meditate f plCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#MEDITATECategory:Italian past participle forms#MEDITATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
Latin
Participle
meditāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MEDITATECategory:Latin participle forms#MEDITATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
References
- “meditate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meditate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
meditateCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#MEDITATECategory:Spanish verb forms#MEDITATECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MEDITATECategory:Pages with entries#MEDITATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#MEDITATE
- second-person singular voseo imperative of meditar combined with te