Contemplate

a. [Fr. contempler; Lat. contemplor, con temp lat us - con, and templum, an open place for observation, cut off by the augur with his staff; dim. temp us, a section, division. See TEMPLE.] To view carefully on all sides, and with reference to an object; to look at; to gaze upon; to survey; to behold; to view or consider with continued attention; to study; to ponder; to muse on; to meditate on. -To look forward to; to have in view as likely to occur; to presuppose; as, to contemplate being married. -v. n. To look around carefully; to think studiously; to study; to muse; to meditate. "So many hours must I take my rest, So many hours must I contemplate." - Shaks.