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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}.
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