Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Ponder (-ed, -ing, -s)
ponder (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [ME < OFr < L. ponderāre, weigh < pondus, weight.] (webplay: decision, heart, heaviness, mind, think, weigh).
- Think (about); muse (on); contemplate; consider.
- Imagine; conjecture; postulate.
- Stop to think; pause to contemplate.
- Wonder; query; question; desire to know.
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