Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contemplate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\, v. i.
To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to
muse; to meditate.

So many hours must I contemplate. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Contemplated} (# or #); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemplating}.]
[L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- +
templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See
{Temple}.]
1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or
consider with continued attention; to regard with
deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see
excellent. --Milton.

We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they
contemplate. --Byron.

2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to
look forward to; to purpose; to intend.

There remain some particulars to complete the
information contemplated by those resolutions. --A.
Hamilton.

If a treaty contains any stipulations which
contemplate a state of future war. --Kent.

Syn: To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on;
reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose;
purpose. See {Meditate}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

contemplate
v 1: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate
one's navel"
2: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school
and taking a full-time job"
3: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
is meditating in his study" [syn: {study}, {meditate}]
4: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of
the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the
question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist
must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: {chew
over}, {think over}, {meditate}, {ponder}, {excogotate}, {muse},
{reflect}, {mull}, {mull over}, {ruminate}, {speculate}]


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