2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine
carefully; to consider attentively.
Ponder the path of thy feet.
Prov. iv. 26.
Syn. -- To Ponder, Consider, Muse. To consider means to view or
contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long
and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or
decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite
object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is
fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great
interests; we muse on the events of childhood.
Pon"der, v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by
on or over. Longfellow.
Pon`der*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. pondÈrabilitÈ.] The quality or state
of being ponderable.
Pon"der*a*ble (?), a. [L. ponderabilis: cf. F. pondÈrable.] Capable of
being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- Pon"der*a*ble*ness, n.
Pon"der*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pondÈral.] Estimated or ascertained by
weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [R.]
Arbuthnot.
Pon"der*ance (?), n. [L. ponderans, p. pr. of ponderare to weigh: cf.
OF. ponderant of weight.] Weight; gravity. [R.] Gregory.
Pon"der*a*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary
system. [R.] M'Culloch.
Pon"der*ate (?), v. t. [L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See Ponder.]
To consider; to ponder. [R.]