What is the meaning of ponder?

Reflect deeply on a subject.
- usage: "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
- synonyms: chew over, think over, meditate, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

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