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ponder

pon.der \'pa:n-d*r\ \-d(*-)rin\ \-d*r-*r\ vb or pon.der.ing [ME ponderen, 
   fr. MF ponderer, fr. L ponderare to weigh, pond]er, fr. ponder-, pondus 
   weight - more at PENDANT 1: to weigh in the mind  2: to deliberate about  
   3: to muse over  : to think or consider esp. quietly, soberly, and deeply 
   areful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking 
   about a matter; MEDITATE implies a definite focusing of one's thoughts on 
   something so as to understand it deeply; MUSE suggests a more or less 
   focused daydreaming as in remembrance; RUMINATE implies going over the same 
   matter in one's thoughts again and again but suggests little of either 
   purposive thinking or rapt absorption - pon.der.er n SYN syn MEDITATE, 
   MUSE, RUMINATE: PONDER implies a c