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beponder

verb

Etymology

From be- (“over, about”) + ponder. Compare bewonder.

  1. derived from ponderāre — “to weigh, ponder”
  2. derived from ponderer — “to weigh, balance, ponder”
  3. inherited from ponderen
  4. formed as beponder — “be- + ponder”

Definitions

  1. To ponder over or about.

    • Professor Gran's peculiar insight into the literary mind and its curious, often repulsive, peculiarities is singularly interesting, and casts an entirely new light upon the much bepondered Rousseau.
    • The court was still, the court was quiet, To let their king beponder: […]

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