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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. -- 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.

Med`i*ta"tion (?), 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.

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