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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Characterized by or given to meditation. synonym: pensive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Addicted to meditation.
  • Pertaining or inclining to or expressing meditation: as, a meditative mood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Disposed to meditate, or to meditation

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to meditation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective deeply or seriously thoughtful

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Examples

  • St. Vincent and Borg were accommodating them, the latter for the most part in meditative monosyllables.

    CHAPTER 22 2010

  • The daguerreotype had better be taken with reference to the engraving to accompany the memoir - the hair combed or brushed from the brow, so as to show a high forehead - the expression meditative - a book in the hand, &c.

    The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853

  • Experiments have indicated that the region of the brain associated with emotions such as compassion shows considerably higher activity in those with long-term meditative experience.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • The second level of tantra, the everlasting pathway continuum, refers to a specific method for becoming a Buddha, namely meditative practices involving Buddha-figures.

    Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 1 Introduction to Tantra 1997

  • He combined it with indigenous Chinese dao-yin exercises derived from animal movements, and the resulting blend became a fundamental practice and common denominator in Chinese meditative, medicinal and martial arts.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • Oriental cast of countenance, their dark complexions, their flashing eyes, and that expression, at once apprehensive and meditative, which is so much more remarkable in children than in those of a more mature age.

    International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various

  • "What the 'net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence," Carr said.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • "What the 'net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence," Carr said.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence.

    Techworld Australia News 2010

  • "What the 'net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence," Carr said.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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