contectiont (kontekshon)

[ I would further know why this contempo ration of light and shade, that is made, for example, by the skin of a ripe Boyle , Works, I. 695. contemperaturet (kon-tem'per-a-tur), n. [L. contemper are, after temperature .) The quality of being contempered; proportion; tempera ture. The different contemperature of the elements. South , Works, IX. ix. A mixture And fair contemperature extracted from All our best faculties. Chapman and Shirley , Chabot, Admiral of France, iv. contemplable (kon-tem'pla-bl), a . [ con templabilis (found only in sense of 'taking aim'), con templar i , look at: see contemplate.] Capable of being contemplated or thought about. Feltham. contemplamen (kon-tem-pla'men), n. [NL., [ con con temp lancet, n. [ME., con temp lance , contemplant , contemplate: see contemplate. Contemplation. Chaucer. contemplant (kon-tem'plant), a. templan (t-)s, ppr. of con templar i , contemplate: see contemplate .] Contemplating; observant. [Rare.] Contemplant Spirits! ye that hover o'er With untired gaze the immeasurable fount Ebullient with creative Deity. Cole ridge, Religious Musings. IMG:content-1149.png:[blocks in formation] ing. [L. con temp lat us, pp. of con templar i (> It. con temp lare = Sp. Pg. con templar = F. contempler), look at, view attentively, observe, consider, orig. an augurial term, mark out a templum, a space for observation, continued attention. The territory of Lombardy I contemplated round about from this tower. Coryat , Crudities, I. 118. 2. To consider with continued attention; reflect upon; ponder; study; meditate on. Troth, I am taken, sir, Whole with these studies, that contemplate nature. B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 1. There is not much difficulty in confining the mind to contemplate what we have a great desire to know. Watts. He contemplated the past with interest and delight, not because it furnished a contrast to the present, but because it had led to the present. Macaulay, History. 3. To consider or have in view, as a future act or event; intend. There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. Hamilton's Report. If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war, they preserve their force and obligation when the rupture takes place. Chancellor Kent , Com., I. § 176. 4. To regard; consider. Between the constituents of a knowledge of succe ion there can be no succe ion: so long as certain events are contemplated as succe ive, no one of them is an object to consciousne before or after another. T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, § 56. =Syn. 2. To consider, meditate upon, muse upon, reflect upon, ponder; dwell upon, think about.-3. To design, plan, purpose. II. in trans. To think studiously; study; muse; meditate; consider deliberately. So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate . Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 5. When in obscure and dangerous places, we must not con template, we must act, it may be on the instant. Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 74.