Etymology

contemplate

con·tem·plate
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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Latin contemplātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcontemplātus
  2. English todaycontemplate

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.

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