v.
- focus one's mind for a period of time for spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation.
-
(often meditate on/upon)
think carefully about something.
Derivative
- meditative adj.
- meditatively adv.
- meditativeness n.
- meditator n.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as meditation): from L. meditat-, meditari ‘contemplate’, from a base meaning ‘measure’; rel. to mete1.
