Mĕd/i-tā'tion, n.

[Lat. meditatio, Fr. méditation. Pr. meditatio, Sp. meditacion, It. meditazione.] The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Ps. xix. 14.

For meditation is, I presume, that act of the mind by which it seeks within, either the law of the phenomena which it has contemplated without, or semblances, symbols, and analogies correspondive to the same. Coleridge.