contemplate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contemplate /ˈkɒntɛmpleɪt, -təm-/
verb look at thoughtfully.

■ think about.

■ think profoundly and at length.

■ have as a probable intention.

– derivatives
contemplator noun.
– origin C16: from L. contemplat-, contemplari ‘survey, observe, contemplate’, based on templum ‘place for observation’.
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