Contemplate /(?; 277)/

Con·tem·plate

Contemplate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Contemplated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contemplating

  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.
  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.

Contemplate

v. i.
  1. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
    So many hours must I contemplate.