to weigh mentally
1ponder — [pän′dər] vt. [ME ponderen < MFr ponderer < L ponderare, to weigh < pondus (gen. ponderis), weight: see POUND1] to weigh mentally; think deeply about; consider carefully vi. to think deeply; deliberate; meditate ponderer n …
2per|pend — «puhr PEHND», Archaic. –v.t. to weigh mentally; ponder; consider: »Perpend my words (Shakespeare). –v.i. to ponder; reflect: »Therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear (Shakespeare). ╂[< Latin perpendere < per thoroughly + pender …
3balance — I. n. 1. Pair of scales. 2. Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight. 3. Comparison, comparative estimate, weighing. 4. Excess, overplus, surplus, residue, remainder. (Correct only of accounts.) 5. Counterpoise, equalizing agency, equalizer. 6 …
4ponder — v. 1 tr. weigh mentally; think over; consider. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by on, over) think; muse. Etymology: ME f. OF ponderer f. L ponderare f. pondus eris weight …
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8ponder — (v.) early 14c., to estimate the worth of, to appraise, from O.Fr. ponderare to weigh, poise, from L. ponderare to ponder, to consider, lit. to weigh, from pondus (gen. ponderis) weigh (see POUND (Cf. pound) (n.1)). Meaning to weigh a matter… …
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