Dictionary entry

Meditate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Med″i‐tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Meditated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Meditating.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. � to learn, E. mind.] To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. Jer. Taylor.

In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2.