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contemplatest

contemplatest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contemplate.

Meaning of contemplate

Verb

contemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)

  1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
    • To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1
    Synonyms:
    examine
  2. To consider as a possibility.
    • I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.

Origin of contemplatest

contemplate + -est

Questions about contemplatest

What is contemplatest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contemplatest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contemplate.

Words near contemplatest in the dictionary

  1. contemplated
  2. contemplated one's navel
  3. contemplaters
  4. contemplates
  5. contemplates one's navel
  6. contemplatest
  7. contemplateth
  8. contemplating
  9. contemplating one's navel
  10. contemplatingly
  11. contemplation

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