Crossword clues for contemplated
contemplated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\ (?; 277), 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.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: contemplate)
Usage examples of "contemplated".
Gearman nodded sharply, thoughts already whirring behind his eyes as he contemplated his new, totally unexpected assignment.
The exec only shook his head in resignation, and she laughed mentally at his expression as he contemplated the beatifically smiling young lieutenant.
That, however, is largely because the Constitution never contemplated a situation in which a foreign citizen could stand in the line of succession for a steading.
She contemplated something only she could see once again, then nodded.
His position as Harmon's engineer aboard Harpy (still known officially by her call sign of "Gold One") made him her de facto staff engineer, as well, and he had to admit that he felt like a kid on Christmas whenever he contemplated the marvelous new toys the Navy had given him.
His crippled mid-limb and twisted pelvis continued to stab him with pain at any injudicious movement, yet he radiated a sense of complacency as he contemplated the change in their circumstances.
Adding his ships' internal launchers, he could put almost nine hundred missiles into space, and his lip curled as he contemplated what that would do to ships with Peep missile defense systems.
We'll take heavier losses than the ops plan originally contemplated, but we should be able to secure control of the terminus.
But he did, so the only way he could have managed to pretend he didn't was to make certain that anyone who contemplated waking her knew to wake him first.
As Digna contemplated, more of her children and grandchildren entered the room until it grew hot, stuffy and very crowded.
For a long time he contemplated the figure on the tatami, and as he did so his muscles began to lose their relaxedness.
Her head came down and her dark eyes contemplated the precise grandeur of the garden.
Then he settled himself more comfortably in Allan Su's high-backed leather chair and contemplated the terraced network of white and pale ochre high rises that sprouted from the slopes of Victoria Peak, a forest of concrete.
He contemplated the primitive tool, and lurrunanu regarded Kault, still whistling to himself higher up the hillside.
He ran across rolling foothills now-kilometers falling behind him like thoughts barely contemplated and then forgotten.