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ponder
English
Etymology
From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?n.d?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?n.d?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)
- To wonder, think of deeply.
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
- Synonyms: chew over, mull over; see also Thesaurus:ponder
- (obsolete) To weigh.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
ponder (plural ponders)
- (colloquial) A period of deep thought.
Further reading
- ponder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ponder in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Penrod, proned
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intend
English
Etymology
From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendo, intendere. See also intensive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)
- (transitive, intransitive, usually followed by the particle "to") To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- Synonyms: mean, design, plan, purpose
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
- To strain; make tense.
- (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
- , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139:
- Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
- , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139:
- To apply with energy.
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- mean, mint (UK dialect), foremind (obsolete)
Related terms
- intense
- intensive
- intent
- intention
- intension
Translations
Anagrams
- Dinnet, dentin, indent, tinned
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