Dictionary entry

Consider (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐sid″er, v. i. 1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.

We will consider of your suit.

Shak.

'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so.

Shak.

She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs.

W. Black

2. To hesitate. Dryden.