'Considered' definitions:
Definition of 'considered'
From: WordNet
adjective
Carefully weighed; "a considered opinion"
Definition of 'Considered'
From: GCIDE
- Consider \Con*sid"er\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.] [F. consid['e]rer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]
- 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on. [1913 Webster]
- I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 95. [1913 Webster]
- Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. [1913 Webster]
- She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov. xxxi. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. [1913 Webster]
- Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view. [1913 Webster]
- Considered as plays, his works are absurd. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." --Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. "Which [services] if I have not enough considered." --Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. "Consider him liberally." --J. Hooker.
- Syn: To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'considered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advised,
- aforethought,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- calculated,
- conscious,
- contemplated,
- deliberate,
- deliberated,
- designed,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- intended,
- intentional,
- knowing,
- meant,
- meditated,
- of design,
- planned,
- premeditated,
- prepense,
- projected,
- proposed,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- reasoned,
- studied,
- studious,
- teleological,
- thought-out,
- voluntary,
- weighed,
- willful,
- witting