(intransitive) To have weight or influence. / To consider; to ponder.

simple past tense and past participle of ponderate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ponderate

Heavy, massive, weighty. / (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive. / Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. / Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.

A person who ponders; a thinker.

In a ponderous manner; very slowly. / With the appearance of great weight.

The quality of being ponderous.

plural of ponderer

To wonder, think of deeply. / To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. / (obsolete) To weigh.

(colloquial) A period of deep thought.