ponderate

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verb

To have weight or influence.

OriginLatin ponderatus →
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Meanings

verbponderate (third-person singular simple present ponderates, present participle ponderating, simple past and past participle ponderated)

present singular third person ponderates · participle present ponderating · participle past ponderated · past ponderated

  1. archaicintransitiveTo have weight or influence.
  2. archaicTo consider; to ponder.
adjective

    Origin

    1. Latinponderatus
    2. Englishponderate

    From Latin ponderatus.

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    ponderate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderate

    MLA

    “ponderate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ponderate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderate.

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