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meditates

meditates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meditate.

Meaning of meditate

Verb

meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

  1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
  2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
  3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.
    • […] 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.1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn^([sic]) Milton

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Questions about meditates

What is meditates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meditates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meditate.

Words near meditates in the dictionary

  1. meditate
  2. meditated
  3. meditatedst
  4. meditater
  5. meditaters
  6. meditates
  7. meditatest
  8. meditateth
  9. meditating
  10. meditatingly
  11. meditation

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