meditation ist (med it ash on ist)

[ While I roved about the forest, long and bitterly med i- Tennyson, Boadicea. tating. 2. To think out a plan or method; engage in planning or contriving; fix one's thoughts with reference to a result or conclusion: followed by on or upon. a challenge. Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 219. = Syn. To consider, reflect. See list under contemplate, v. t. IMG:content-0403.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To observe thoughtfully or intently; contemplate vigilantly; watch. [Rare.] Crouch'd close he [a spaniel] lies, and meditates the prey. Pope, Windsor Forest, 1. 102. =Syn. 1. To devise, concoct. 2. To contemplate, ruminate, revolve, study. meditatio fugæ (med-i-tā'shi-ō fü'jē). [L., contemplation of flight: see meditation and fugue.] In Scots law, a phrase noting the position of a debtor who meditates an escape to avoid the payment of his debts. When a creditor can make oath that his debtor, whether native or foreigner, is in med it at i one fuge, or when he has reasonable ground of apprehension that the debtor has such an intention, he is entitled to a warrant to apprehend the debtor. The warrant may be obtained from any judge of the Court of Se ion, the sheriff, a magistrate of a burgh, or a justice of the peace, and is termed a meditatio fugæ warrant. Under the Debtors (Scotland) Act, 1881, which abolishes imprisonment for debt except in a few special cases, warrants of this kind are practically obsolete. Imp. Dict. meditation (med-i-ta's hon), n. [ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Ps. xix. 14. meditation: as, a meditative mood. Inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Words worth, Excursion, iv. meditatively (med'i-ta-tiv-li), adv. In a meditative manner; with meditation. meditativene (med'i-ta-tiv-nes), n. The state or character of being meditative; thoughtfulne .