quander
quander verb: to ponder or wonder about.
Verb
quander (third-person singular simple present quanders, present participle quandering, simple past and past participle quandered)
- To ponder or wonder about.
- While thus I quandered in despair, imagine, please, me shocks — A gang o' naked savages came troopin' down the rocks ;.1906, The Reader - Volume 7, page 230
- There's a difference in the die-breaks, Or change made in the die, That leads the numismatic mind To quander and to pry.1933, “A Coin”, in The Numismatist, volume 46, page 799
Examples of quander in a sentence
- The picture continued to press upon young Alford's mind, and with the peculiar vigor of youth, he had stopped to quander over the outward aspect of the situation.2007, Henry Louis Gates (Jr.), Gene Andrew Jarrett, The New Negro, →ISBN:
- Unusual short hop, should have been at least four hours or more, but I didn't have time to quander over it, because Lt.2008, William Schumann, The Big Spud: USS Idaho in WWII, →ISBN, page 321:
Forms of quander
| third-person singular present | quanders |
|---|---|
| present participle | quandering |
| past participle | quandered |
| past | quandered |
Questions about quander
- What does quander mean?
- Quander means to ponder or wonder about.
- How do you use quander in a sentence?
- The picture continued to press upon young Alford's mind, and with the peculiar vigor of youth, he had stopped to quander over the outward aspect of the situation.
- What part of speech is quander?
- Quander is a verb.
- What is the past tense of quander?
- The past tense of quander is quandered.
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