contemplationn.

Brit.

/ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃn/,

/ˌkɒntɛmˈpleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌkɑn(t)əmˈpleɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English comtemplacion, Middle English comtemplacioun, Middle English contemplacioun, Middle English contemplaciun, Middle English contemplacyone, Middle English–1500s contemplacion, Middle English–1500s contemplacyon, Middle English– contemplation, 1500s contemplatyon, 1500s–1600s comtemplation; Scottish pre-1700 contemplacion, pre-1700 contemplacioun, pre-1700 contemplacioune, pre-1700 contemplatioun, pre-1700 contemplatioune, pre-1700 contemplatyown, pre-1700 1700s– contemplation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemplation; Latin contemplātiōn-, contemplātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman contemplaciun, contemplacioun, contemplatiun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French contemplacion, contemplation (French contemplation ) meditation, especially on religious matters, also an instance of this (12th cent.), consideration (14th cent.; frequently in par contemplation de ), in Anglo-Norman also careful inspection, scrutiny (14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contemplātiōn-, contemplātiō action of looking at, consideration, study, taking into consideration, in post-classical Latin also philosophical speculation (4th cent. in Jerome), religious meditation (5th cent.) < contemplāt- , past participial stem of contemplāre contemplate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish contemplación (13th cent.), Catalan contemplació , Portuguese contemplação , Italian contemplazione (all 14th cent.), and also Middle Dutch contemplāsye (Dutch contemplatie ), Middle Low German contemplācie . With forms in com- compare com- prefix.

1. Religious or spiritual meditation; (sometimes) spec. a meditative practice in which a person seeks to pass beyond intellectual reasoning or reflection to a direct experience of the divine or infinite.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun]

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 114 Wið contemplaciun þet is wið hech þocht. & wið hali bone binichte toward heouene.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 204 Hy þresten out hare eȝen of þe herte þet hi ne zeȝen þing þet ham miȝte wyþdraȝe uram hire contemplacion.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xiv. sig. g4^v There he was alle the nyght in contemplacion & prayer.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xvii. §13. 61 Liftid fra the erth in til contemplacioun.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 94 When hollie and deuout religious men, Are at their beads..So sweet is zealous contemplation .

1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 184 A man abstracts himselfe from earth, and by Contemplation growes into acquaintance with God.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Apr. (1965) I. 403 They never raise their Eyes and seem devoted to Contemplation.

1845 Hindoo Superstitions 21 in Chambers's Misc. 14 The Brahmin is to lead a life of contemplation and study, subsisting on the contributions of the rich.

1964 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 June 4/4 Gautama..sought to overcome worldly pain by spiritual contemplation, achieving a state of Nirvana.

2007 Church Times 12 Oct. 26/5 Many Christians who are drawn to the practice of contemplation fall at the first fence.

a. The action or process of thinking deeply or carefully about a person or thing; serious consideration; thoughtful reflection.

(a) With of (also upon, on).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]

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c1390 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 245 (MED) Nou schalt þou asken þat art of luitel lettrure, ‘On what manere miȝt I..comen to contemplacion of holi writ?’

c1440 (a1349) R. Rolle in Eng. Writings (1931) 56 Thay may noghte flye to lufe and contemplacyone of God.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cviij^v/1 Grete in contemplacion of heuenly thynges, and a tylyar in labouryng hym self.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 20 A minde vnapte for the contemplation of this doctrine.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 17 The sundrie contemplation of my trauells.

1653 E. Elton Great Myst. Godlinesse Opened 61 Oh then lift up thy heart in Serious contemplation upon the free grace and goodnesse of God.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 208. ⁋14 The Mind of the reader is carried away from the contemplation of his own Manners.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 231 He seemed to be lost in the contemplation of something great.

1889 W. Pater Appreciations 89 Impassioned contemplation on the permanent and elementary conditions of nature and humanity.

1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xxiv. 340 A conversation which had left each absorbed in contemplation of his own position.

2011 Canberra Times (Nexis) 29 July a18 The rush to embrace new technology..seldom allows for the sober contemplation of risk or hazard.

(b) Without preposition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun]

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c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 274 (MED) Sleuþe, ydelnes..þat comeþ vnder colour of contemplacion.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 272 Lerne logyk and lawe and eke contemplacioun.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 469 (MED) Contemplacioun is not ellis to seie þan consideracioun or speculacioun in þe resoun.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 184 A matter partly of contemplation partly of action.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 17 The very sitting by the Rivers side..will invite the Anglers to Contemplation .

1762 Gratulatio Solennis Universitatis Oxoniensis sig. Nn^v He oft was wont at eve or morn to wind His pensive way, and, as he walk'd, would court Calm contemplation.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 85 They [sc. the English] are impatient of genius, or of minds addicted to contemplation.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 Simond..was observed by Huxley, as twilight fell, in a state of deep contemplation beside a crevasse.

1903 Bk. News Jan. 365/2 His personality is well worth a brief period of contemplation.

2006 Vanity Fair July 112/1 Clooney is a cerebralist whose movies invite moody contemplation rather than incite action.

b. As a count noun: an act or instance of deep or thoughtful reflection. Also (in plural): thoughts or ideas which occupy a person's mind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun] > expressed in writing

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a1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Hatton 12) in Eng. Writings (1931) 6 Þare in es descrived..þe ioye of contemplaciouns [a1500 Univ. Oxf. 64 continues to þe heghest þat may be in man lyfand in body and feland].

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 214 (MED) In swech maner visitacyons & holy contemplacyonis..þe sayd creatur had continuyd hir lyfe þorw þe preseruyng of owr Sauyowr Crist Ihesu.

1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xviii. f. 161 These glorious saints with their continuall fasts and contemplations.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 37 The Graecians fell vpon the grounds of Demonstrations: and then men first began to fall from those abstruse and transcendent contemplations.

1640 A. Hart Alexto & Angelica sig. E3 In these contemplations we leave her and returne to Alexto.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶2 I fell into a profound Contemplation.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 222 These vague rambling contemplations which I here faithfully retrace, carry me sometimes to a great distance.

1821 W. Tudor Miscellanies 155 A sombre hue [was] given to my thoughts by a contemplation of the sad calamities of life.

1834 A. Caldwell Admiral's Daughter in Two Old Men's Tales (ed. 2) 62 His moral vision has been impaired by corrupt secret contemplations.

1911 L. C. Hale Married Miss Worth viii. 170 Jacky shrugged out into the smoking-car, leaving Hilda to a disinterested contemplation of the dreary landscape.

2009 M. R. Dyet Until Deep Water Stills vi. 173 Jayce was absorbed in his own contemplations.

c. A reflection on something expressed in words, or (in later use) communicated through film, painting, or another creative medium. Cf. meditation n. 2.Frequently used (esp. in plural) in book titles to denote a collection of meditations on a particular subject.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > meditation expressed in writing

contemplation1506

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > meditative discourse

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1506 (title) Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god.

1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion f. lxxxii^v We shall set before you a breue contemplacyon of the most shamful mockinges and derisions that the Iues dyd vnto..our sauyour Iesus.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 17 Offering to thee a short contemplation, first of Rivers, and then of Fish.

1771 T. Maude (title) Wensleydale: or, rural contemplations, a poem.

1863 (title) Contemplations on the Redeemer's grace and glory.

1887 B. Martin Brief Service & Early Reward iii. 31 At this time..he noted down a fragment of reflection on, ‘Does death end all?’ This was followed by a short contemplation on John xvii.

1978 Washington Post 10 Aug. b6/1 Feld's second ballet..begins as an autoerotic nightmare and becomes a contemplation of lovers and solitary souls.

2011 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 4 Aug. Terrence Malick's epic contemplation of the universe and man's place in it as reflected in two generations of a midwestern family.

†3. Chiefly poetic. As a personification (in senses 1 and 2a(b)). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 338 (MED) In whiche abbeye..schulde dwellen xxix gostly ladyes..Deuocion & Contemplacion, Leaunce & Iubilacion.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K3^v An aged holy man..His name was heuenly Contemplation.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 39 Him that yon soars on golden wing..The Cherub Contemplation.

1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 Contemplation's sober eye.

a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 8 Oh Contemplation! I do love To indulge thy solemn musings.

1853 J. G. Whittier Chapel of Hermits & Other Poems 34 In lowliest depths of bosky dells The hermit Contemplation dwells.

†4.

a. Regard or consideration given to a person or to a request, prayer, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun]

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1440 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 233 (MED) Which persons..I brought to our holy faders presence at the contemplacyon of youre said writynge.

1466 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 549 We desire and pray yow that for our sake and contemplation ye will be friendly..unto him.

a1500 (a1455) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 164 By contemplacion of this oure prayer.

1561 H. Bennet tr. S. Grynaeus Hist. Death Iohn Ecolampadius in Famous & Godly Hist. sig. m.iii I doubt not, and the rather at the contemplation of my request, you wyll publysh to the whole world [etc.].

1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo i. f. 33^v I onely desired..to giue hir the contentment she wished, more in contemplation and regard of hir, than of my selfe.

1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer i. xxix. 127 God at the Contemplation of earnest and devout Prayers, oftentimes extended his Mercy and Grace.

b. A request; a recommendation. Chiefly in at the contemplation of: at the request or recommendation of (a person). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun]

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a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 152 Wich is hyghnes hath yeuen them at þe contemplacion off þer maisters, and ffor no reward off any seruice þat thai haue done.

a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 85 By his letres of contemplacions to gete suche benyfece of ony other lord for his household man.

1536 Petition in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xxxv. 256 If at your contemplation we cannot obtain grace of the said pension.

1658 J. Herne Mod. Assurancer 261 By the assents, consents and agreements of Sir. R. C. Knight,..as well at the contemplation of our soveraign Lady, the Queens Majesty.

5. The action of looking at or observing a person or thing attentively.Sometimes implying that the object of observation prompts reflection or meditation, and so influenced by sense 2a(a).Cf. navel-contemplation n. at navel n. Compounds 2, and the note at contemplate v. 1a on the related phrase to contemplate one's navel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking at or beholding

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c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 738 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 247 Hys mother gaue hym to the feende of hell In the houre of hys fyrst contemplacyon.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. C.viij^v/1 The contemplation or beholding of the Serpent lift vp and hanged aloft.

1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) ii. viii. 136 Hee lost both his wit and judgement in the sight and contemplation of her beauty.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 4 Aristomachus..in his fifty years contemplation of those Laborious Insects.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxi. 141 My uncle Toby..was sitting on the opposite side of the fire..in mute contemplation of a new pair of black-plush-breeches which he had got on.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvii. 553 (note) In the contemplation of a minute or remote object, I am not ashamed to borrow the aid of the strongest glasses.

1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. ix. 85 I account a pure, beautiful, intelligent, and wellbred woman, the most attractive object of vision and contemplation in the world.

1970 J. Glassco Mem. Montparnasse vii. 70 I was so struck by the beauty of the view that I sat down on the low wall and gave myself up to contemplation.

2009 R. Asprin Dragons Luck xi. 63 Her gaze slipped from his reflection to her own, and for a moment she got caught up in contemplation of her own image.

6. A subject or matter which merits serious thought or consideration, or which provides stimulus for reflection. Also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > matter for contemplation

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1614 H. Wotton Let. 10 Sept. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 48 The two Pretendants..lend..as much help as they can to their own ruins, which is a pretty contemplation.

1671 T. Gale Theophilie 272 This is a terrible contemplation for the Professors of this Age: Thus the foolish Virgins consociate with the wise.

1725 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) I. Pref. By whose Influence under God these blessed Things..were brought to pass, is another Contemplation.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xliv. 124 Every thing must supply you with contemplation.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis p. iii The motion of the heavens is a sublime contemplation.

1887 I. F. Hapgood tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables IV. vii. i. 193 What a contemplation for the mind, and what endless food for thought, is the reverberation of God upon the human wall!

1962 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Dec. 2 a/3 The following definition..provides contemplation for all authors of New Year's resolutions.

2008 Farmers Weekly 10 Oct. 71/2 Quite how DEFRA would regulate this sport if introduced in Britain is indeed an interesting contemplation.

a. The action or fact of expecting or intending something; the belief or intention that something will happen; expectation.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 7b.Recorded earliest in in contemplation of at Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun]

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the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose

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a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) lxxiv. 750 She is never..the lovinger wife, that loves her husband in contemplation of her future joynture.

1829 Times 28 Aug. The British Government came forward..to receive and distribute such sum..without any contemplation, at that time, of obtaining back any part of that which she had given up in 1814.

1836 P. Bingham New Cases Court Common Pleas 2 226 Contemplation of bankruptcy meant a reasonable expectation that bankruptcy must ensue.

1976 Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) 19 Dec. 3 f/5 I have undertaken this task without any contemplation that this would be easy.

2003 Z. S. Steiner & K. Neilson Brit. & Origins First World War (ed. 2) iii. 82 He himself had drawn back from the actual contemplation of war; the Entente was intended..to prevent war.

b. The action or fact of taking something into account or consideration. Now rare.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]

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chit1989

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance viii. 73 Let fear of Calumny, move you to a little Complaisance to these, as the contemplation of interest to others.

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xv. §6 Any given punishment, so as it does but come into contemplation, will appear greater than none at all.

1827 H. Wheaton Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 12 244 This contemplation of consequences which can ensue only when the contract is broken, is no part of the contract itself.

1893 Law Jrnl. Rep. 62 152/1 The word ‘transfer’..means nothing more than a transfer of a licence within the contemplation of section 4 of the Act of 1828.

1941 L. R. Gibbs Antioch Rev. 1 324 The astigmatism of the business manager, produced by continued contemplation of the interests of the stockholders.

Phrases

P1. in contemplation of: in anticipation or expectation of (a future situation, event, etc.).

ΚΠ

a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) lxxiv. 750 She is never..the lovinger wife, that loves her husband in contemplation of her future joynture.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxii. Paraphr.) 347 The Seventy Second Psalm was composed in contemplation of Solomons succeeding David.

1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 197 In contemplation of the which Marriage, the said A. binds and obliges him..to provide and secure the said B. his promised Spouse in Liferent.

1813 J. Philippart Campaigns in Russia, Poland, Germany, &c. 124 Engagements..made in contemplation of the meditated attack upon Russia.

1931 Sewanee Rev. 39 452 A man may, in contemplation of future comfort, rationally submit to the tortures of dental work.

2003 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. (Washington Final ed.) a19/1 Typically, the cases are adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

P2. in contemplation: under consideration; (also) anticipated, expected. Frequently in to have something in contemplation: to be considering something; to intend to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb] > under consideration

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on (also upon) the table1884

on the nail1886

1773 J. Adams Let. 22 Dec. in Papers (1977) III. 3 It is whispered that the Sachem has it in Contemplation to go home Soon.

1777 S. Johnson Let. 13 Aug. (1992) III. 51 I dined yesterday with the corporation, and talked against a workhouse which they have in contemplation.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 271 He had it in contemplation..to offer himself a candidate for a fellowship in the London College of Physicians.

1860 Med. Times & Gaz. 5 May 449/1 It was rumoured to be in contemplation to remove St. Thomas's Hospital..several miles into the country.

1919 W. S. Churchill Let. 8 Feb. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 517 The ranks in contemplation are as follows:—Air Marshal: Air Commodore: Wing Commander [etc.].

2006 Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 1 Dec. Individual cases throw up issues that may not have been in contemplation at the time the legislation was put into place.

P3. In various phrases in legal contexts, as in contemplation of law, within the contemplation of the law, in legal contemplation, etc., with the sense ‘as regards the law’, ‘in the estimation or judgement of the law’.

ΚΠ

1674 T. Turner Case Bankers & Creditors sig. B4 Yet in contemplation of Law, the Customers did still actually receive those Customes, and so were chargeable to the Judges.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 129 Life..begins in contemplation of law as soon as an infant is able to stir in the mother's womb.

1824 ‘Declan’ Case Church Ireland (ed. 2) 28 In the contemplation of the law, neither the church nor the parson ever dies; and where there is no demise, there can be no inheritance.

1862 J. W. Smith Man. Common Law 264 Damnum is such a damage..as is capable, in legal contemplation, of being estimated by a jury.

2016 Manila Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. The live-in partner..is considered as a third person and not classified as a relative within the contemplation of the law.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contemplation
释义	contemplationn. Brit. /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃn/, /ˌkɒntɛmˈpleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɑn(t)əmˈpleɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English comtemplacion, Middle English comtemplacioun, Middle English contemplacioun, Middle English contemplaciun, Middle English contemplacyone, Middle English–1500s contemplacion, Middle English–1500s contemplacyon, Middle English– contemplation, 1500s contemplatyon, 1500s–1600s comtemplation; Scottish pre-1700 contemplacion, pre-1700 contemplacioun, pre-1700 contemplacioune, pre-1700 contemplatioun, pre-1700 contemplatioune, pre-1700 contemplatyown, pre-1700 1700s– contemplation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemplation; Latin contemplātiōn-, contemplātiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman contemplaciun, contemplacioun, contemplatiun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French contemplacion, contemplation (French contemplation ) meditation, especially on religious matters, also an instance of this (12th cent.), consideration (14th cent.; frequently in par contemplation de ), in Anglo-Norman also careful inspection, scrutiny (14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contemplātiōn-, contemplātiō action of looking at, consideration, study, taking into consideration, in post-classical Latin also philosophical speculation (4th cent. in Jerome), religious meditation (5th cent.) < contemplāt- , past participial stem of contemplāre contemplate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish contemplación (13th cent.), Catalan contemplació , Portuguese contemplação , Italian contemplazione (all 14th cent.), and also Middle Dutch contemplāsye (Dutch contemplatie ), Middle Low German contemplācie . With forms in com- compare com- prefix. 1. Religious or spiritual meditation; (sometimes) spec. a meditative practice in which a person seeks to pass beyond intellectual reasoning or reflection to a direct experience of the divine or infinite. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun] contemplation?c1225 meditation?c1225 recollection1576 meditating1609 recollectednessa1699 mantra1794 recueillement1845 transcendental meditation1966 TM1967 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 114 Wið contemplaciun þet is wið hech þocht. & wið hali bone binichte toward heouene. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 204 Hy þresten out hare eȝen of þe herte þet hi ne zeȝen þing þet ham miȝte wyþdraȝe uram hire contemplacion. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xiv. sig. g4^v There he was alle the nyght in contemplacion & prayer. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xvii. §13. 61 Liftid fra the erth in til contemplacioun. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 94 When hollie and deuout religious men, Are at their beads..So sweet is zealous contemplation . View more context for this quotation 1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 184 A man abstracts himselfe from earth, and by Contemplation growes into acquaintance with God. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Apr. (1965) I. 403 They never raise their Eyes and seem devoted to Contemplation. 1845 Hindoo Superstitions 21 in Chambers's Misc. 14 The Brahmin is to lead a life of contemplation and study, subsisting on the contributions of the rich. 1964 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 June 4/4 Gautama..sought to overcome worldly pain by spiritual contemplation, achieving a state of Nirvana. 2007 Church Times 12 Oct. 26/5 Many Christians who are drawn to the practice of contemplation fall at the first fence. 2. a. The action or process of thinking deeply or carefully about a person or thing; serious consideration; thoughtful reflection. (a) With of (also upon, on). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] i-mindOE studyinglOE mindc1300 bethinking1340 poring1340 regard1348 weighingc1380 contemplationc1390 advisementa1393 deliberationa1393 advicec1405 reckoninga1413 visement?1414 considerancec1420 advisenessc1425 revolutionc1425 rewardc1432 mind-takingc1449 umbethinkingc1450 advisednessc1475 considering1483 beholding1530 meditationa1535 pondering1535 cogitation?1542 expending1545 ponderation1556 perpending1558 well weighing1566 surview1576 reflex1593 revolve1595 lucubration1596 agitation1600 perpension1612 vizamenta1616 pensitation1623 perpensation1623 perpendment1667 ruminating1668 commentationa1670 revolving1670 reflectiona1674 introspectiona1676 propendencya1676 ponderment1728 chawing1845 c1390 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 245 (MED) Nou schalt þou asken þat art of luitel lettrure, ‘On what manere miȝt I..comen to contemplacion of holi writ?’ c1440 (a1349) R. Rolle in Eng. Writings (1931) 56 Thay may noghte flye to lufe and contemplacyone of God. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cviij^v/1 Grete in contemplacion of heuenly thynges, and a tylyar in labouryng hym self. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 20 A minde vnapte for the contemplation of this doctrine. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 17 The sundrie contemplation of my trauells. View more context for this quotation 1653 E. Elton Great Myst. Godlinesse Opened 61 Oh then lift up thy heart in Serious contemplation upon the free grace and goodnesse of God. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 208. ⁋14 The Mind of the reader is carried away from the contemplation of his own Manners. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 231 He seemed to be lost in the contemplation of something great. 1889 W. Pater Appreciations 89 Impassioned contemplation on the permanent and elementary conditions of nature and humanity. 1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xxiv. 340 A conversation which had left each absorbed in contemplation of his own position. 2011 Canberra Times (Nexis) 29 July a18 The rush to embrace new technology..seldom allows for the sober contemplation of risk or hazard. (b) Without preposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] thoughta1387 consideration1388 contemplationc1390 meditationa1393 musinga1393 speculationa1450 studier1472 musea1500 recollection1576 contemplature1580 rumination1585 contemplating1587 amuse1606 meditating1609 theory1611 meditancea1625 amusement1694 cogitabundation1729 cogibundity1734 cogitabundity1744 think1834 recueillement1845 thunk1922 noodling1942 c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 274 (MED) Sleuþe, ydelnes..þat comeþ vnder colour of contemplacion. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 272 Lerne logyk and lawe and eke contemplacioun. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 469 (MED) Contemplacioun is not ellis to seie þan consideracioun or speculacioun in þe resoun. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 184 A matter partly of contemplation partly of action. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 17 The very sitting by the Rivers side..will invite the Anglers to Contemplation . View more context for this quotation 1762 Gratulatio Solennis Universitatis Oxoniensis sig. Nn^v He oft was wont at eve or morn to wind His pensive way, and, as he walk'd, would court Calm contemplation. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 85 They [sc. the English] are impatient of genius, or of minds addicted to contemplation. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 Simond..was observed by Huxley, as twilight fell, in a state of deep contemplation beside a crevasse. 1903 Bk. News Jan. 365/2 His personality is well worth a brief period of contemplation. 2006 Vanity Fair July 112/1 Clooney is a cerebralist whose movies invite moody contemplation rather than incite action. b. As a count noun: an act or instance of deep or thoughtful reflection. Also (in plural): thoughts or ideas which occupy a person's mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of thinkingsa1225 meditationa1393 contemplationa1400 musing?a1430 reverie1477 musea1500 rumination1622 walking meditation1756 reckon1902 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [noun] > expressed in writing contemplationa1400 a1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Hatton 12) in Eng. Writings (1931) 6 Þare in es descrived..þe ioye of contemplaciouns [a1500 Univ. Oxf. 64 continues to þe heghest þat may be in man lyfand in body and feland]. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 214 (MED) In swech maner visitacyons & holy contemplacyonis..þe sayd creatur had continuyd hir lyfe þorw þe preseruyng of owr Sauyowr Crist Ihesu. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xviii. f. 161 These glorious saints with their continuall fasts and contemplations. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 37 The Graecians fell vpon the grounds of Demonstrations: and then men first began to fall from those abstruse and transcendent contemplations. 1640 A. Hart Alexto & Angelica sig. E3 In these contemplations we leave her and returne to Alexto. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶2 I fell into a profound Contemplation. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 222 These vague rambling contemplations which I here faithfully retrace, carry me sometimes to a great distance. 1821 W. Tudor Miscellanies 155 A sombre hue [was] given to my thoughts by a contemplation of the sad calamities of life. 1834 A. Caldwell Admiral's Daughter in Two Old Men's Tales (ed. 2) 62 His moral vision has been impaired by corrupt secret contemplations. 1911 L. C. Hale Married Miss Worth viii. 170 Jacky shrugged out into the smoking-car, leaving Hilda to a disinterested contemplation of the dreary landscape. 2009 M. R. Dyet Until Deep Water Stills vi. 173 Jayce was absorbed in his own contemplations. c. A reflection on something expressed in words, or (in later use) communicated through film, painting, or another creative medium. Cf. meditation n. 2.Frequently used (esp. in plural) in book titles to denote a collection of meditations on a particular subject. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > meditation expressed in writing contemplation1506 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > meditative discourse meditationc1390 contemplation1506 1506 (title) Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god. 1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion f. lxxxii^v We shall set before you a breue contemplacyon of the most shamful mockinges and derisions that the Iues dyd vnto..our sauyour Iesus. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 17 Offering to thee a short contemplation, first of Rivers, and then of Fish. View more context for this quotation 1771 T. Maude (title) Wensleydale: or, rural contemplations, a poem. 1863 (title) Contemplations on the Redeemer's grace and glory. 1887 B. Martin Brief Service & Early Reward iii. 31 At this time..he noted down a fragment of reflection on, ‘Does death end all?’ This was followed by a short contemplation on John xvii. 1978 Washington Post 10 Aug. b6/1 Feld's second ballet..begins as an autoerotic nightmare and becomes a contemplation of lovers and solitary souls. 2011 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 4 Aug. Terrence Malick's epic contemplation of the universe and man's place in it as reflected in two generations of a midwestern family. †3. Chiefly poetic. As a personification (in senses 1 and 2a(b)). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 338 (MED) In whiche abbeye..schulde dwellen xxix gostly ladyes..Deuocion & Contemplacion, Leaunce & Iubilacion. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K3^v An aged holy man..His name was heuenly Contemplation. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 39 Him that yon soars on golden wing..The Cherub Contemplation. 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 Contemplation's sober eye. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 8 Oh Contemplation! I do love To indulge thy solemn musings. 1853 J. G. Whittier Chapel of Hermits & Other Poems 34 In lowliest depths of bosky dells The hermit Contemplation dwells. †4. a. Regard or consideration given to a person or to a request, prayer, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun] i-kepyngec1230 heed1357 keepingc1380 observancea1393 observation?a1425 contemplation1440 observing1458 conscience1483 conservation1544 heedfulness1561 heediness1596 religion1597 observancy1609 punctualness1620 punctuality1622 heeding1678 adherence1715 1440 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 233 (MED) Which persons..I brought to our holy faders presence at the contemplacyon of youre said writynge. 1466 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 549 We desire and pray yow that for our sake and contemplation ye will be friendly..unto him. a1500 (a1455) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 164 By contemplacion of this oure prayer. 1561 H. Bennet tr. S. Grynaeus Hist. Death Iohn Ecolampadius in Famous & Godly Hist. sig. m.iii I doubt not, and the rather at the contemplation of my request, you wyll publysh to the whole world [etc.]. 1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo i. f. 33^v I onely desired..to giue hir the contentment she wished, more in contemplation and regard of hir, than of my selfe. 1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer i. xxix. 127 God at the Contemplation of earnest and devout Prayers, oftentimes extended his Mercy and Grace. b. A request; a recommendation. Chiefly in at the contemplation of: at the request or recommendation of (a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] wordOE askc1275 boonc1275 request1395 requisition?a1450 contemplationa1475 regratec1475 requirement1530 interrogation1551 requiry1598 vote1632 a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 152 Wich is hyghnes hath yeuen them at þe contemplacion off þer maisters, and ffor no reward off any seruice þat thai haue done. a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 85 By his letres of contemplacions to gete suche benyfece of ony other lord for his household man. 1536 Petition in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xxxv. 256 If at your contemplation we cannot obtain grace of the said pension. 1658 J. Herne Mod. Assurancer 261 By the assents, consents and agreements of Sir. R. C. Knight,..as well at the contemplation of our soveraign Lady, the Queens Majesty. 5. The action of looking at or observing a person or thing attentively.Sometimes implying that the object of observation prompts reflection or meditation, and so influenced by sense 2a(a).Cf. navel-contemplation n. at navel n. Compounds 2, and the note at contemplate v. 1a on the related phrase to contemplate one's navel. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking at or beholding beholdinga1225 considerationc1386 advisementa1393 aspecta1398 especcion14.. viewc1450 contemplationc1500 looking ona1516 viewing1548 eyeing1550 perspectionc1550 theoria1590 conspection1611 onlooking1637 spectation1638 aspection1646 prospecting1677 onlook1800 spectating1942 c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 738 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 247 Hys mother gaue hym to the feende of hell In the houre of hys fyrst contemplacyon. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. C.viij^v/1 The contemplation or beholding of the Serpent lift vp and hanged aloft. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) ii. viii. 136 Hee lost both his wit and judgement in the sight and contemplation of her beauty. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 4 Aristomachus..in his fifty years contemplation of those Laborious Insects. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxi. 141 My uncle Toby..was sitting on the opposite side of the fire..in mute contemplation of a new pair of black-plush-breeches which he had got on. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvii. 553 (note) In the contemplation of a minute or remote object, I am not ashamed to borrow the aid of the strongest glasses. 1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. ix. 85 I account a pure, beautiful, intelligent, and wellbred woman, the most attractive object of vision and contemplation in the world. 1970 J. Glassco Mem. Montparnasse vii. 70 I was so struck by the beauty of the view that I sat down on the low wall and gave myself up to contemplation. 2009 R. Asprin Dragons Luck xi. 63 Her gaze slipped from his reflection to her own, and for a moment she got caught up in contemplation of her own image. 6. A subject or matter which merits serious thought or consideration, or which provides stimulus for reflection. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > matter for contemplation meditation1560 contemplation1614 considerable1642 considerability1652 contemplamen1678 1614 H. Wotton Let. 10 Sept. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 48 The two Pretendants..lend..as much help as they can to their own ruins, which is a pretty contemplation. 1671 T. Gale Theophilie 272 This is a terrible contemplation for the Professors of this Age: Thus the foolish Virgins consociate with the wise. 1725 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) I. Pref. By whose Influence under God these blessed Things..were brought to pass, is another Contemplation. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xliv. 124 Every thing must supply you with contemplation. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis p. iii The motion of the heavens is a sublime contemplation. 1887 I. F. Hapgood tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables IV. vii. i. 193 What a contemplation for the mind, and what endless food for thought, is the reverberation of God upon the human wall! 1962 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Dec. 2 a/3 The following definition..provides contemplation for all authors of New Year's resolutions. 2008 Farmers Weekly 10 Oct. 71/2 Quite how DEFRA would regulate this sport if introduced in Britain is indeed an interesting contemplation. 7. a. The action or fact of expecting or intending something; the belief or intention that something will happen; expectation.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 7b.Recorded earliest in in contemplation of at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] to-hopec888 weenOE hopea1225 thoughta1350 opiniona1425 attentc1430 looking1440 presume?a1500 beliefa1522 expectation1527 expection1532 looking for1532 looking after?1537 expecting1568 imagination1582 expectance1593 suppose1596 expect1597 expectancy1609 apprehensiona1616 contemplationa1631 prospect1665 supposition1719 speculationa1797 augury1871 preperception1871 the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) lxxiv. 750 She is never..the lovinger wife, that loves her husband in contemplation of her future joynture. 1829 Times 28 Aug. The British Government came forward..to receive and distribute such sum..without any contemplation, at that time, of obtaining back any part of that which she had given up in 1814. 1836 P. Bingham New Cases Court Common Pleas 2 226 Contemplation of bankruptcy meant a reasonable expectation that bankruptcy must ensue. 1976 Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) 19 Dec. 3 f/5 I have undertaken this task without any contemplation that this would be easy. 2003 Z. S. Steiner & K. Neilson Brit. & Origins First World War (ed. 2) iii. 82 He himself had drawn back from the actual contemplation of war; the Entente was intended..to prevent war. b. The action or fact of taking something into account or consideration. Now rare.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] weenc888 rightnessOE steemc1330 sight1362 witc1374 emprisea1393 reputation?c1400 apprizingc1449 nick?a1450 vail1471 countc1475 opinionc1480 estimationc1522 meting1548 reckoning1548 valuation1548 computation1558 account1583 cess1588 esteem1598 appreciation1605 resentiment1606 repute1610 ratea1616 assessmenta1626 estimate1637 vote1639 supputation1643 compute1646 value1651 resentment1655 contemplation1673 critique1798 appraisement1808 appraisal1817 viewa1854 sizing up1967 chit1989 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance viii. 73 Let fear of Calumny, move you to a little Complaisance to these, as the contemplation of interest to others. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xv. §6 Any given punishment, so as it does but come into contemplation, will appear greater than none at all. 1827 H. Wheaton Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 12 244 This contemplation of consequences which can ensue only when the contract is broken, is no part of the contract itself. 1893 Law Jrnl. Rep. 62 152/1 The word ‘transfer’..means nothing more than a transfer of a licence within the contemplation of section 4 of the Act of 1828. 1941 L. R. Gibbs Antioch Rev. 1 324 The astigmatism of the business manager, produced by continued contemplation of the interests of the stockholders. Phrases P1. in contemplation of: in anticipation or expectation of (a future situation, event, etc.). ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) lxxiv. 750 She is never..the lovinger wife, that loves her husband in contemplation of her future joynture. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxii. Paraphr.) 347 The Seventy Second Psalm was composed in contemplation of Solomons succeeding David. 1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 197 In contemplation of the which Marriage, the said A. binds and obliges him..to provide and secure the said B. his promised Spouse in Liferent. 1813 J. Philippart Campaigns in Russia, Poland, Germany, &c. 124 Engagements..made in contemplation of the meditated attack upon Russia. 1931 Sewanee Rev. 39 452 A man may, in contemplation of future comfort, rationally submit to the tortures of dental work. 2003 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. (Washington Final ed.) a19/1 Typically, the cases are adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. P2. in contemplation: under consideration; (also) anticipated, expected. Frequently in to have something in contemplation: to be considering something; to intend to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb] > under consideration in view?c1475 in one's eye?1567 in speculation1638 under consideration1652 on (upon) the tapis1690 on the carpet1726 in contemplation1773 on (also upon) the table1884 on the nail1886 1773 J. Adams Let. 22 Dec. in Papers (1977) III. 3 It is whispered that the Sachem has it in Contemplation to go home Soon. 1777 S. Johnson Let. 13 Aug. (1992) III. 51 I dined yesterday with the corporation, and talked against a workhouse which they have in contemplation. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 271 He had it in contemplation..to offer himself a candidate for a fellowship in the London College of Physicians. 1860 Med. Times & Gaz. 5 May 449/1 It was rumoured to be in contemplation to remove St. Thomas's Hospital..several miles into the country. 1919 W. S. Churchill Let. 8 Feb. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 517 The ranks in contemplation are as follows:—Air Marshal: Air Commodore: Wing Commander [etc.]. 2006 Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 1 Dec. Individual cases throw up issues that may not have been in contemplation at the time the legislation was put into place. P3. In various phrases in legal contexts, as in contemplation of law, within the contemplation of the law, in legal contemplation, etc., with the sense ‘as regards the law’, ‘in the estimation or judgement of the law’. ΚΠ 1674 T. Turner Case Bankers & Creditors sig. B4 Yet in contemplation of Law, the Customers did still actually receive those Customes, and so were chargeable to the Judges. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 129 Life..begins in contemplation of law as soon as an infant is able to stir in the mother's womb. 1824 ‘Declan’ Case Church Ireland (ed. 2) 28 In the contemplation of the law, neither the church nor the parson ever dies; and where there is no demise, there can be no inheritance. 1862 J. W. Smith Man. Common Law 264 Damnum is such a damage..as is capable, in legal contemplation, of being estimated by a jury. 2016 Manila Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. The live-in partner..is considered as a third person and not classified as a relative within the contemplation of the law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225
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