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   Consider , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered ; 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.]
   To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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   I will consider thy testimonies.
   Ps. cxix. 95.
   
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   Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
   I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
   Considered all things visible.
   Milton.
   
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   To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
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   She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
   Prov. xxxi. 16.
   
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   To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
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   Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day
   Was yours by accident.
   Shak.
   
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   England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
   Sir W. Temple.
   
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   To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
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   Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
   Macaulay.
   
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   ☞ 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.
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   Consider, v. i.
   To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
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   We will consider of your suit.
   Shak.
   
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   'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so.
   Shak.
   
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   She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs.
   W. Black
   
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   To hesitate. [Poetic & R.]
   Dryden.
   
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