ponderize

English

Etymology

ponder +‎ -ize

Verb

ponderize (third-person singular simple present ponderizes, present participle ponderizing, simple past and past participle ponderized)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To ponder.
   • 1914, The American Flint - Volume 6, page 42:

     Well, now, just read this and then go and ponderize over it.

   • 2005, Dave Oatley, 88% of Americans Are Abnormal:

     Lou's Clues props and characters include: • The Stinkin' Chair—Where Lou's buddy, Lugnut, sits and “ponderizes”

2. (transitive, rare) To make weighty or ponderous.
   • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile Into Afrique, Asia, Indies, page 150:

     The sheepe are sweete, and fattest in the taile, whose weight oft ponderizes twenty pound, and many times their whole body.

   • 1948, Connecticut. Bureau of Vocational Education, A Resource Unit in Home Economics Education:

     Modern Cryer cabinets are of sturdy, high grade, ponderized steel or some other rust resistant metal finished in enamel, easy to clean and durable.

   • 1963, Saturday Review - Volume 46, page 68:

     An overabundance of slow, soulful numbers tends to ponderize the proceedings somewhat, but much of the singing is quite beautiful, and all of it is authentic.