to consider or meditate on (something)
to look at (something) attentively
(usu in negative contexts ) to envisage (something) with equanimity
I could not contemplate life without him
to consider (something) as a course of action
She contemplated suicide
to ponder or meditate
contemplator noun
[Latin contemplatus, past part. of contemplari to survey, observe, from con- + templum space marked out for observation of auguries]