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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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umbecast
English
Etymology
From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- +? cast or um- +? becast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mb??kæst/, /??mb??k??st/
Verb
umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
- To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
- To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
- To bind, tie up.
- To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
References
umbecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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