contemplate

/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ · verb

Meaning

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
To consider as a possibility.

Etymology / origin

First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.

contemplātus(la)→
contemplate (English)
Relations: bor

Related words

contemplātus(la)

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