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meditating

meditating is the present participle and gerund 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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Words formed from meditating

Questions about meditating

What is meditating the present participle and gerund of?
Meditating is the present participle and gerund of meditate.

Words near meditating in the dictionary

  1. meditater
  2. meditaters
  3. meditates
  4. meditatest
  5. meditateth
  6. meditating
  7. meditatingly
  8. meditation
  9. meditational
  10. meditationist
  11. meditationists

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