CONSIDER

Definitions

1. 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank 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. 2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16.
3. 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. 4. To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.