Ponder

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PONDERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PONDERING.] [Fr. pondérer, Sp. ponderar, It. & Lat. ponderare, from Lat. pondus, ponderis, a weight, from pendere, to weigh.] To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine; to consider.

Ponder the path of thy feet. Prov. iv. 26.

Synonyms— To consider; muse; examine. — TO PONDER, CONSIDER, MUSE. To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder denotes to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood.

Yea, at that very moment, Consideration, like an angel, came, And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.

This ponder — that all nations of the earth Shall in his seed be blessed. Milton.

Man superior walks Amid the grand creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. Thomson.