ponder

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.

verb

  1. To wonder, think of deeply.
  2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
    I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
  3. (obsolete) To weigh.

noun

  1. (colloquial) A period of deep thought.
    I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.

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