ponder

name

1. A surname.
2. A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
3. A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

1. A period of deep thought.

   “I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

1. To wonder, think of deeply.
2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

   “I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.”

   “Ponder the path of thy feet.”

3. To weigh.