0 past simple and past participle of contemplate
1 to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way:
I couldn't contemplate living on my own.
He was contemplating his future.
He propelled people along career paths that without his encouragement they would never even have contemplated.
But reform was usually only contemplated with regard to women of the working classes.
Television is not something contemplated at a distance; distance - crucial for aura - is generally lacking.
From studies of crevasse opening and closure, he contemplated both brittle and ductile aspects of ice deformation.