/ˈkɑn.təm.ˌpleɪt/
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.
From Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari 'to gaze attentively, observe, consider, contemplate,' originally 'to mark out a space for observation' (as an augur does), from assimilated form of com-, + templum 'area for the taking of auguries' .
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