contemplate
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- contemplate
- contemplate: [16] Etymologically, to contemplate something is to observe it in a ‘temple’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin contemplārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and templum. This word, source of course of English temple, originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens) for making observations. Hence contemplārī originally meant ‘observe omens carefully’, but its application soon became more general.=> temple
- contemplate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "survey, observe" (see contemplation). Related: Contemplated; contemplating.
Example
- 1. Barkley contemplate no results .
- 2. Coming back down to earth , pi day and pi approximation day are great reasons to have some dessert and contemplate the most transfixing transcendental .
- 3. Those who switched late from ms rousseff might find a speedy move to mr serra too dizzying to contemplate .
- 4. Some european countries are beginning to contemplate ( and , to a limited extent , undertake ) economic reforms .
- 5. The use of qe also creates a problem for central banks as they contemplate their exit strategies .