meditate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 208 words | Copyright

meditate XVI. f. pp. stem of L. meditārī, frequent. f. IE. *med- *mēd- *mod- measure (see METE).
So meditation meditative discourse XIII; action of meditating XIV. — (O)F. — L.

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