1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.
Contemperature
(Con*tem"per*a*ture) (- tem"per*a*tur; 135), n. The condition of being tempered; proportionate
mixture; temperature. [Obs.]
The different contemperature of the elements.
South.
Contemplance
(Con*tem"plance) n. Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Contemplant
(Con*tem"plant) a. [L. contemplans, p. pr.] Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge.
Contemplate
(Con"tem*plate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contemplated (# or #); p. pr. & vb. n. Contemplating.]
[L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked
out by the augur. See Temple.]
1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with
deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.
To love, at least contemplate and admire,
What I see excellent.
Milton.
We thus dilate
Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.
Byron.
2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.
There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
A. Hamilton.
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
Kent.
Syn. — To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose.
See Meditate.
Contemplate
(Con"tem*plate), v. i. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
So many hours must I contemplate.
Shak.
Contemplation
(Con`tem*pla"tion) n. [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.]
1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
In contemplation of created things,
By steps we may ascend to God.
Milton.
Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view.
Locke.
2. Holy meditation. [Obs.]
To live in prayer and contemplation.
Shak.
3. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left.
Reid.
To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.
Contemplatist
(Con*tem"pla*tist) n. A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.
Contemplative
(Con*tem"pla*tive) a. [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.]
