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<hw>Con*sid"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consideratus</ets>, p.p.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other.</def>

<blockquote>Of dauntless courage and <b>considerate</b> pride. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><?/neas is patient, <b>considerate</b>, and careful of his people. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The wisest and most <b>considerate</b> men in the world. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having respect to; regardful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>They may be . . . more <b>considerate</b> of praise. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See <er>Thoughtful</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con*sid"er*ate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con*sid"er*ate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Con*sid`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consideratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>consid<?/ration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.</def>

<blockquote>Let us think with <b>consideration</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Consideration</b>, like an angel, came. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.</def>

<blockquote>The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high <b>consideration</b>. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>consideration</b> with which he was treated. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.</def>

<blockquote><b>Consideration</b> for the poor is a doctrine of the church. <i>Newman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.</def>

<blockquote>Lucan is the only author of <b>consideration</b> among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; <as>as, <ex>considerations</ex> on the choice of a profession</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.</def>

<blockquote>He was obliged, antecedent to all other <b>considerations</b>, to search an asylum. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some <b>considerations</b> which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Consideration</i> is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and "as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee."</note>

<i>Wharton.</i>

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