ponder
verb (used without object)
to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon ).
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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He will have pondered all aspects of life and be equally ready to denounce any of them, but without bitterness.
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley