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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
meditate .
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Examples
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He meditates before every fight and to deal with difficult situations daily.
Living a Dangerous Dream Sophia Hollander 2011
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In her new opera in Madrid, the Spanish soprano meditates on life in the age of technology.
Pilar Jurado's Blank Page Jonathan Blitzer 2011
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In the style of museum audio guides, a woman's voice meditates on the memories objects carry, the psychic shift from craftsmanship to serial mass production.
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Trading the temples of Thebes for the streets of Los Angeles, playwright Luis Alfaro meditates on the inexorably violent fates of Latino gang members in "Oedipus el Rey," his intense and muscular riff on Greek tragedy.
Theater review: 'Oedipus el Rey' at Woolly Mammoth Peter Marks 2011
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Mr. Simmons meditates twice a day using a secret mantra that he bought from the Transcendental Meditation program for $2,500, he said.
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Moon Beam, a former Jesuit seminarian, was asked twice whether he still meditates.
Far out: U.N.'s space invaders; Obama's hypnotized Jews; Jerry Brown's coy spirituality Dana Milbank 2010
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Thomas Kelly A group of sadhus engage in an austerity called the panch-agni-tapasya, or five fire practice, in which pieces of burning cow dung are placed around the Sadhu as he meditates or performs hatha yoga.
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For two hours, he meditates over me and rakes my aura, never once touching my body.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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Uri hides Fortune from authorities, and while spending the many days waiting to come out of hiding, the outlaw meditates on his destiny.
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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He meditates in the morning and the evening; I'm starting to do it more because it really centers me.
Stanton Peele: How Could Russell So Badly Misjudge His Life? Stanton Peele 2012
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