meditate
verb (used without object)
to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
meditativeness
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a word derived from
meditate.
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a word derived from
meditative.
Example Sentences
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With Mindreau on violin, augmented by Collier’s live sound design, it imbues the show with a meditativeness that the text means to but does not supply.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2019
Those streaming it at home may enjoy it just as much for its meditativeness, or for the promise of a personal tour — complete with historical anecdotes — from Mr. Redford.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
In the novel he used I.R.S. auditing as a metaphor for the meditativeness of valuable work, the prairie as a metaphor for meditativeness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2016
It is a sense of the glory that has been, a meditativeness which is induced by the somnolence of the scene, and fostered by the languorous atmosphere of the South.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
They were unusually fine and frank; dark and full of an almost gentle meditativeness.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
