[con.tem.plate] vb -plat.ed ; -plat.ing [L contemplatus, pp. of contemplari, fr. com- + templum space marked out for observation of auguries--more at temple] vt (1537) 1: to view or consider with continued attention: meditate on
2: to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention ~ vi: ponder, meditate syn see consider -- con.tem.pla.tor n