| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pon·der |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n d r |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: pon·dered, pon·der·ing, pon·ders
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer, from Latin ponder re, from pondus, ponder-, weight. See (s)pen- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ponder·er —NOUN
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