Con*sid"er (k&obreve;n*s&ibreve;d"&etilde;r),
v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Considered (-&etilde;rd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Considering.] [F. considérer,
L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view
attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus,
sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at
the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]
1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a
careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study;
to meditate on.
I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps. cxix. 95.
Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
Considered all things visible.
Milton.
2. To look at attentively; to observe; to
examine.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
Prov. xxxi. 16.
3. To have regard to; to take into view
or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
Consider, sir, the chance of war: the
day
Was yours by accident.
Shak.
England could grow into a posture of being more
united at home, and more considered abroad.
Sir W. Temple.
4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to
view.
Considered as plays, his works are
absurd.
Macaulay.
&fist; The proper sense of consider is often blended
with an idea of the result of considering; as, "Blessed is
he that considereth the poor." Ps. xli. 1.;
i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. "Which
[services] if I have not enough considered." Shak.;
i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of
them would suggest. "Consider him liberally." J.
Hooker.
Syn. -- To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or
meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder.
Con*sid"er, v. i.
1. To think seriously; to make examination;
to reflect; to deliberate.
We will consider of your suit.
Shak.
'T were to consider too curiously, to
consider so.
Shak.
She wished she had taken a moment to
consider, before rushing down stairs.
W. Black
2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.]
Dryden.
