Consider (k&obreve_;ns&ibreve_;d&etilde_;r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered (k&obreve_;ns&ibreve_;d&etilde_;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.] [F. considérer, 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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&hand_; 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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