Contemplate
Contemplate (?; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin contemplatus, past participle 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.
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.
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
Contemplate , intransitive verb
To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
So many hours must I contemplate.