1. To concentrate the brain on one thing, in order to aid mental or spiritual development, contemplation, or relaxation: Some people have a ritual during which they meditate and think deeply or focus their minds for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or devotional reasons, or simply as a method of repose.
2. To think about something carefully, calmly, seriously, and for some time: Too few people set aside enough time to meditate before they make important decisions.
3. To plan, to devise, to consider: The congressman who is running for office is meditating a response for his critics.
4. Etymology: from Latin meditatus, the past participle of meditari, "to think over, to consider, to reflect". © ALL rights are reserved.

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