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单词 meditator
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meditatorn.

Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻteɪtə/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌteɪdər/
Forms: 1600s– meditator, 1800s– meditater.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meditate v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < meditate v. + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin meditator person who executes orders, planner (4th or 5th cent.).
A person who meditates.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > one who contemplates
Maryc1230
contemplatorc1443
theoric1594
muser1597
meditator1607
contemplant1612
contemplatist1634
theoretic1675
contemplativea1711
meditant1748
ruminator1758
meditatist1860
1607 R. Pricket Iesuits Miracles sig. D3 Christes Kingly power lesse then the Popes was growne, Meditators being ioynde with Christ then he, Seem'd by the Pope, a Sipher made to be.
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E1 It is wont to suggest variety of Notions to the Meditator.
1712 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Dec. (1965) I. 175 I would publish a daily paper called the Meditator.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 3 Lear is the most tremendous effort of Shakspeare as a poet; Hamlet as a philosopher or meditater.
1847 T. De Quincey Conversat. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 679/1 The mere meditators..may finally ripen into close observers.
1894 T. Watts in Athenæum 20 Oct. 530/1 He had the mind..of the meditater upon nature.
1968 B. Khantipalo (title) Practical advice for meditators.
1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1988) iv. 59 Only the most resolute of meditators could have kept his mind on spiritual things in the middle of the mêlée.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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