meditate
verb (used without object)
to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
has meditated
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present perfectof meditate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Hank Willis Thomas has meditated on the commercialization of Black stereotypes, in ways that are generally more clarifying than Colescott’s histrionic approach.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
Judge Barrett has meditated on this matter herself, as a co-author of a 1998 law review article addressing this genre of conundrum.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
Since then, in sackcloth and ashes, he has meditated on myriad errors, wrong directions and triangulations that blurred not only the message but the purpose, finding reasons why so few voted Labour last May.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2011
Numerous young men recall Mr. Ferris as headmaster of Roxbury School, Cheshire, Conn. At Cheshire and other educational centres Mr. Ferris has meditated and matured.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such places are truly holy; man has meditated and communed with himself therein.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo
