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noun

Contemplation n.

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." "Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view."

Holy meditation. (Obs.) "To live in prayer and contemplation."

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."

To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.

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Etymology of 'Contemplation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Contemplation" Quotes from Famous Books

... not for one instant have been swerved from utmost admiration and faith in her set of white-and-gold wedding china by the contemplation of Copeland and Royal Sevres. She would have pitted her hair-cloth furniture of the ugliest period of household art against all the Chippendales and First ...

— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... who has served in Italy, and especially those young fellows who, when war broke out, stood only on the threshold of their manhood, with their minds still wide open for new impressions, has not felt some sort of secret thrill at the astounding and incomparable beauty of this country, the very contemplation of which sometimes ...

— With British Guns in Italy - A Tribute to Italian Achievement • Hugh Dalton

... Discouraged by the sanguinary character of the warfare in which they seemed doomed to be for ever engaged, and harassed by constant watchings,—seldom taking off their clothes for weeks together,—the men had gradually been losing their energy of spirit, in the contemplation of the almost irremediable evils by which they were beset; and looked forward with sad and disheartening conviction to a fate, that all things tended to prove to them was unavoidable, however the period of its consummation might be protracted. Among the officers, this ...

— Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy (Complete) • John Richardson

... immense cage, which was larger than any house, and entirely open to view. They walked round all four sides of it, and were enchanted with its beautiful occupants pants. Storks and flamingoes stood about, on one leg, motionless, as if absorbed in deep contemplation. Pelicans, with their strange bills, and ducks of most brilliant plumage waddled around and seemed to be entirely interested in their ...

— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells

... refreshing for a time it became intolerable shortly. She challenged him, as a woman can, with the flash of her eyes, the quick music of her laugh, but he was marvelling at the width of the horizon, rapt in contemplation of the distant mountains, observing how a flower poised and nodded on its stalk, following the long, swooping flight of a bird or watching how the moon tramped down on the stars. So far as she could see he was unaware that her charms were of ...

— Here are Ladies • James Stephens

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