OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 23858

contemplate

/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contemplar
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 love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.