meditated, ppl. a.
(ˈmɛdɪteɪtɪd)
[f. meditate v. + -ed1.]
Contemplated, intended; also, thought out, produced or prepared by meditation.
| 1736 Gray Statius ii. 22 'Twas there he aim'd the meditated harm. 1760 C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) II. 120 Walking a meditated turn or two across the tent. 1814 Wordsw. Excurs. ix. 21 The food of hope Is meditated action. 1841 Macaulay Ess., Leigh Hunt (ed. Montague) III. 43 The Way of the World, the most deeply meditated and the most brilliantly written of all his works. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. ix. ii. IV. 49 Already there were dark rumours of his treachery and meditated revolt. |