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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSIDERING, ppr. Fixing the mind on; meditating on; pondering; viewing with care and attention; deliberating on.
Note. We have a peculiar use of this word, which may be a corruption for considered, or which may be a deviation from analogy by an insensible change in the structure of the phrase. It is not possible for us to act otherwise, considering the weakness of our nature. As a participle, this word must here refer to us, or the sentence cannot be resolved by any rule of English syntax. It should be correct to say, It is not possible for us to act otherwise, the weakness of our nature being considered; or We, considering the weakness of our nature, cannot act otherwise. But the latter phrase is better grammar, than it is sense. We use other participles in like manner; as, Allowing for tare, the weight could not be more than a hundred pounds. These and similar phrases are anomalous. But considering is no more a kind of conjunction, in such phrases, than it is a noun.
CONSIDERING, n. The act of deliberating, or carefully attending to; hesitation; as, many mazed considerings.

Merriam Webster's

I. preposition Date: 14th century in view of ; taking into account <he did well considering his limitations> II. conjunction Date: 15th century inasmuch as <considering he was new at the job, he did quite well>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

prep. 1 in view of; taking into consideration (considering their youth; considering that it was snowing). 2 (without compl.) colloq. all in all; taking everything into account (not so bad, considering).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Consider Con*sid"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered; p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.] [F. consid['e]rer, 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. I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 95. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. --Milton. 2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov. xxxi. 16. 3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. --Shak. England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W. Temple. 4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. --Macaulay. Note: 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion. The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal. PREP 2. You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion. Considering that you are no longer involved with this man, your response is a little extreme. CONJ 3. When you are giving an opinion or making a judgment, you can use considering to suggest that you have thought about all the circumstances, and often that something has succeeded in spite of these circumstances. (SPOKEN) I think you're pretty safe, considering. ADV: cl ADV

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

prep. Taking into account, allowing for, making allowance for.

Moby Thesaurus

after, all in all, as, as long as, because of, being, by reason of, by virtue of, cause, due to, for, in consideration of, in view of, in virtue of, inasmuch as, insomuch as, now, on account of, owing to, seeing, since, taking into account, thanks to