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contemplant

contemplant adjective: given to contemplation; meditative.

Adjective

contemplant (comparative more contemplant, superlative most contemplant)

  1. (archaic) Given to contemplation; meditative.
    • Contemplant Spirits! ye that hover o'er
      With untired gaze the immeasurable fount
      Ebullient with creative Deity!1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Religious Musings

Noun

contemplant (plural contemplants)

  1. (archaic) One who contemplates.

Forms of contemplant

Adjective
comparativemore contemplant
superlativemost contemplant
Noun
pluralcontemplants

Origin of contemplant

From Latin contemplans (“contemplating”), present participle of contemplor (“to contemplate”).

Questions about contemplant

What does contemplant mean?
Contemplant means given to contemplation; meditative.
What part of speech is contemplant?
Contemplant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near contemplant in the dictionary

  1. contemperature
  2. contempered
  3. contempering
  4. contempers
  5. contemplable
  6. contemplant
  7. contemplants
  8. contemplatable
  9. contemplate
  10. contemplate one's navel
  11. contemplated

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