meditate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. intransitive
To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious. intransitive
To consider; to reflect on. transitive

— […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.

形容词 adj.

Meditated. not-comparable,obsolete

词形变化

meditates present,singular,third-person meditating participle,present meditated participle,past meditated past

词汇关系

衍生词

meditater meditatingly meditatist nonmeditating remeditate

词源

词源 1

First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

词源 2

First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.