Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Contemplating; observant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Given to contemplation; meditative.

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  • adjective archaic Given to contemplation; meditative.

Etymologies

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Latin contemplans ("contemplating"), present participle of contemplor ("I contemplate").

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