contemplate

Definition

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

Etymology

First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.

Example Sentences

• "To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent."
• "We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate."
• "I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long."

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