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contemplate
- Main Entry:
- con·tem·plate

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈkän-təm-ˌplāt, -ˌtem-\
- Function:
- verb
- Inflected Form(s):
- con·tem·plat·ed; con·tem·plat·ing
- Etymology:
- Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari, from com- + templum space marked out for observation of auguries
— more at temple
- Date:
- circa 1533
transitive verb
1
: to view or consider with continued attention : meditate on <contemplate the vastness of the universe>
2
: to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention <contemplate marriage>
intransitive verb
: ponder
, meditate
— con·tem·pla·tor
\-ˌplā-tər\
noun
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