PONDERATE

Etymology

Verb

ponderate (third-person singular simple present ponderates, present participle ponderating, simple past and past participle ponderated)

(intransitive) To have weight or influence.

To consider; to ponder.

Source: Wiktionary


Pon"der*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See Ponder.]

Definition: To consider; to ponder. [R.]

Pon"der*ate, v. i.

Definition: To have weight or influence. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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