Definition of Meditate. Meaning of Meditate. Synonyms of Meditate

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Definition of Meditate

Meditate
Meditate Med"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meditated; p. pr. & vb. n. Meditating.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. ? 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. In his law doth he meditate day and night. --Ps. i. 2.
Meditate
Meditate Med"i*tate, 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. 2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war. I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose. --Washington. Syn: To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study. Usage: 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.

Meaning of Meditate from wikipedia

- Jainism, which comes from the Sanskrit root dhyai, meaning to contemplate or meditate. The gr**** word theoria actually derives from the same root. The term "meditation"...
- Democritus Meditating on the Seat of the Soul (Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme) is a statue by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (1841–1895), exhibited...
- Portrait of Chateaubriand is a c.1809 portrait painting by the French artist Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. It depicts the French statesman and...
- Pre-Meditated Drama is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Steady Mobb'n, released May 6, 1997 on Bomb Shelter and No Limit Records. The 12...
- serves as a space for people of all backgrounds and religions to gather, meditate, reflect, and pray, expressing the Baháʼí principle of the oneness of religions...
- Buddhist meditation methods were simply skillful means which could lead a meditator to the buddha-mind within. Modern scholars like Robert Sharf argue that...
- "We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may She enlighten our minds." Monier Monier-Williams (1882): "Let us meditate on...
- artistic capacity. Lynch tells the reader that initially he did not want to meditate. He relates how he eventually began Transcendental Meditation on the advice...
- records, and are part of Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts. Jain monks used to meditate there. The Palkigundu and Gavimath edicts are in Prakrit, written in Brahmi...
- accomplished through a strike or series of strikes, usually administered on the meditator's back and shoulders in the muscular area between the shoulder and the...