(v. i.) To engage in continuous thought; to think.
(v. t.) To think over; to plan.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can only imagine the internal cogitations about Australian politics in other capitals: who is this one, will he last, is he worth my time, what on earth is going on down there?
(2) He sounded much like Loyd Grossman, whom older readers may recall used to present the original Masterchef programme, and who invariably preceded the judges' result by saying, "We have digested, cogitated and deliberated."
(3) The Oscar commenteriat are nearing the end of their five-month marathon of prognosis and pre-cogitation.
(4) They were afraid to smile.” As well as David Hasselhoff cogitating next to memorials, David Hasselhoff looking horrified by a Trabant and David Hasselhoff walking through computer-generated death zones, David Hasselhoff also introduces East German refugees who, it could be argued, versus-ed the Wall in even bigger ways than him.
(5) Piecing together the odds is a question of informed guesswork, since the nominations and cogitations of the members of the Nobel Committee for Literature are kept under wraps by the Swedish Academy, which only reveals the conversations of the judicial huddle 50 years after the decision is made.
Meditate
Definition:
(v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
(v. t.) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since he was created, he has appeared at several robotic fairs across China, but spends most of his time in deep meditation on an office shelf in Longquan.
(2) Marie Johansson, clinical lead at Oxford University's mindfulness centre , stressed the need for proper training of at least a year until health professionals can teach meditation, partly because on rare occasions it can throw up "extremely distressing experiences".
(3) A total of 48 subjects participated in a relaxation experiment to determine whether frontalis muscle EMG biofeedback, Transcendental Meditation, and meditation (Benson technique) produced decreased muscle tension and concomitant changes in locus of control.
(4) No clear evidence was thus obtained that any of the stress, or stress-related, hormones were suppressed during or after meditation in the particular setting examined.
(5) She says that, while she stayed away from the more difficult ramifications of that upbringing, she nevertheless plunged right into the "hot quicksand" of the Arab-Israeli conflict, right down into the Biblical roots of Jewish-Muslim conflict in the story of Abraham, Hagar, Isaac and Ishmael (which she meditates upon in the opera's Hagar chorus), and into the vortex of questions about Israel's right to exist and what motivates terrorists.
(6) The highly significant increase of 5-HIAA (5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid) in Transcendental Meditation technique suggests systemic serotonin as "rest and fulfillment hormone" of deactivation-relaxation.
(7) Meditation and aerobic activity were associated with a perception of increased ability to cope and a generally positive feeling about the value of exercise and meditation in their lives.
(8) In the meditation hall, daddy longlegs dropped from the ceiling, feeding my anxiety.
(9) Ratings from 84 students of selected attitudes before a brief introduction to a method of meditation and responses afterward correlated moderately, suggesting those favoring personal growth will favor meditation.
(10) The data indicated that certain effects attributed to the practice of Transcendental Meditation (such as increased alertness and maintenance of attention, greater consistency and less anxiety) are not manifested in terms of learning and performance of a novel perceptual-motor skill.
(11) Serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels were measured in 270 men and 153 women who were experienced practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi programs, mental techniques practiced twice daily, sitting quietly with the eyes closed.
(12) To assess the effects of exercise and meditation on alcohol consumption in social drinkers, 60 male students, between the ages of 21 and 30, all classified as heavy social drinkers, were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: exercise (running), meditation, and a no-treatment control group.
(13) Contact was made with a ‘mystical-religious’ group that used the gas to accelerate arriving at their transcendental-meditative state of choice.” It increased in popularity with the rise of festival culture – it’s been a mainstay of Glastonbury’s stone circle and squat parties in Bristol and south London for at least a decade – but the equipment needed to dispense it remained relatively expensive.
(14) Famously ascetic, teetotal and vegetarian, he meditates, practises yoga and shuns the trappings of office.
(15) Two of the three meditational procedure subjects also showed an increase in subjective tension as measured by the anxiety lever.
(16) The solution would appear (sometimes the novel felt like a vast crossword puzzle) through a combination of experiment, meditation and lateral thought: I had to step firmly away from the French and face a contrary direction – another track entirely.
(17) The chapel is identified by the school as a Christian church but also hosts Hindu services and has been used for Buddhist meditations.
(18) These observations indicate that neither stress nor operation of other usual homeostatic control mechanisms are responsible for elevated for AVP in the meditators.
(19) At the end of 1971 Drake wrote some new songs in Tanworth, but they constituted a clean break from the second- and third-person meditations of the previous two albums.
(20) The therapy would appear to be improved by the inclusion of mental relaxation, concentration, meditation, and mind-blanking exercises for mental control.