beponder

English

Etymology

From be- (“over, about”) +‎ ponder. Compare bewonder.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Verb

beponder (third-person singular simple present beponders, present participle bepondering, simple past and past participle bepondered)

1. (rare, archaic, transitive) To ponder over or about.
   • 1911, The Book Buyer, page 221:

     Professor Gran's peculiar insight into the literary mind and its curious, often repulsive, peculiarities is singularly interesting, and casts an entirely new light upon the much bepondered Rousseau.

   • 2010, JR Christopher, The Ballad of the HMS Beagle:

     The court was still, the court was quiet,
     To let their king beponder: […]

Anagrams

• preboned