"beponder" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beponders [present, singular, third-person], bepondering [participle, present], bepondered [participle, past], bepondered [past]
Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ) Etymology: From be- (“over, about”) + ponder. Compare bewonder. Etymology templates: {{af|en|be-|ponder|t1=over, about}} be- (“over, about”) + ponder Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: archaic, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-beponder-en-verb-e65~~JlZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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