[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That considers; thinking, reflecting; thoughtful, reflective. (Common from c. 1650 to c. 1750; now rare: so F. considérant.)
1483. Cath. Angl., 75. Consyderynge, considerans.
1638. Chillingw., Relig. Prot., I. ii. § 68. 78. A most comfortable doctrine for a considering man lying upon death bed.
1663. Pepys, Diary, 19 Dec. I find him in talk a sober, considering man.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe (1840), II. viii. 178. I shewed myself less considering for them.
1797. Mrs. Radcliffe, Italian, xxiv. (1824), 664. You have judged erroneously … resumed the Marchesa with the same considering air.
1884. E. White, in Chr. World, 17 July, 538/5. Any considering man must feel a pang in so declining.
