meditate synonyms

meditate

v.

  1. To muse

    ponder, study, contemplate, ruminate, muse, revolve, say to oneself, reflect, view, brood over, cogitate, be in an abstraction, cherish the idea, entertain the idea, dream, mull over, be in a brown study*, chew the cud*; see also consider 3.

  2. To think over

    weigh, consider, speculate; see think 1.

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