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
An intense meditativeness, a devotional ecstasy and an insight of true heavenly wisdom is the ideal of life to which the Hindu has been called from time very remote.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
He is quiet, fanciful, quaint, and his humour is shaded by a meditativeness of spirit.
From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Alexander Smith
