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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consider \Con*sid"er\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Considered} (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Considering}.] [F. consid['e]rer, 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.
Note: 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
considered
adjective
1: resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out" [syn: {reasoned}, {well thought out(p)}]
2: carefully considered; "a considered opinion" [syn: {wise}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "considered": advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, calculated, conscious, contemplated, deliberate, deliberated, designed, envisaged, envisioned, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, of design, planned, premeditated, prepense, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, studied, studious, teleological, thought-out, voluntary, weighed, willful, witting
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