Middle English Dictionary Entry
ponderāte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ponderāte adj. |
| Etymology | L ponderātus, ppl. of ponderāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Weighed, considered, judged.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.347 : The ȝiffers of those goodes schalle not be defrauded of theire rewarde, for theire intencions be ponderate [Trev.: i-weye; L librantur] afore Allemyȝhty God.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.155 : Everyche operacion or dede of man awe to be ponderate [Trev.: poundred or demed; L librari] after the intencion of the doer.