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contemplate

verb
/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/US/ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/UK

Etymology

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.

  1. borrowed from contemplātus

Definitions

  1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects

    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.

    • To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
    • We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.

  2. To consider as a possibility.

    • I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.
    • There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
    • If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.

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Derived

contemplatable, contemplate one's navel, contemplatingly, contemplatist, recontemplate, uncontemplated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contemplate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contemplate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at contemplate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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