Consider \Con*sid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered; p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.]

[F. consid['e]rer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]

1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 95.

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. --Milton.

2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov. xxxi. 16.

3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. --Shak.

England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W. Temple.

4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.

Considered as plays, his works are absurd. --Macaulay.

Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, ``Blessed is he that considereth the poor.'' --Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. ``Which [services] if I have not enough considered.'' --Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. ``Consider him liberally.'' --J. Hooker.

Syn: To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)