meditate

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek μελετῶ (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
3. (transitive) 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.

   • 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:

     He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• meditative
• meditation
• meditator

Translations

contemplate

• Catalan: meditar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沉思 (zh) (chénsī)

• Czech: meditovat
• Esperanto: mediti (eo)
• French: méditer (fr)
• Greek: διαλογίζομαι (el) (dialogízomai)

  Ancient Greek: μελετάω (meletáō)

• Hindi: मनन करना (manan karnā), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā)
• Italian: meditare (it), filosofare (it)
• Japanese: 瞑想する
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Korean: 숙고하다 (sukgohada)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: бясалгах (mn) (bjasalgax)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulolea
• Persian: تعمق کردن, اندیشه کردن (fa)
• Polish: medytować (pl)
• Russian: медитировать (ru) (meditirovatʹ)
• Sanskrit: ध्यायति (sa) (dhyāyati), चिन्तयति (sa) (cintayati)
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich, cnuasaich
• Spanish: meditar (es)
• Thai: ทำสมาธิ (tam-sà-maa-tí), เข้าฌาน (kâo-chaan)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can

rest

• Catalan: meditar (ca)
• Czech: meditovat
• Dutch: mediteren (nl)
• Hindi: आराम करना (ārām karnā)
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• Italian: meditare (it), riflettere (it)
• Spanish: meditar (es)
• Swedish: meditera (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} mediti (eo)
• French: ^{(please verify)} méditer (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} meditieren (de)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} meditál (hu)
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• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 思考 (zh) (sīkǎo)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} meditere
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ధ్యానించు (te) (dhyāniñcu)

Further reading

• “meditate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “meditate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• admittee, datetime

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Italian

Verb

meditate

1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
3. feminine plural of meditato

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) meditāte

1. vocative masculine singular of meditātus

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.