Considered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              I will consider thy testimonies.      --Ps. cxix.
                                                    95.
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              Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
              I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
              Considered all things visible.        --Milton.
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     2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
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              She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov.
                                                    xxxi. 16.
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     3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay
        due attention to; to respect.
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              Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day
              Was yours by accident.                --Shak.
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              England could grow into a posture of being more
              united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
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              Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  considered
       adj 1: resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought
              out" [syn: {reasoned}, {well thought out(p)}]
       2: carefully considered; "a considered opinion" [syn: {wise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "considered":
     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