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    [Noun]  | "con*tem*pla*tion" | \ ˌkän-təm-ˈplā-shən \


    1: concentration on spiritual things as a form of private devotion

    2: a state of mystical awareness of God's being

    3: an act of considering with attention : study


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English contemplacioun "religious meditation, reflection, consideration," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French contemplaciun, borrowed from Latin contemplātiōn-, contemplātiō "act of looking at something, consideration" (Late Latin, "religious meditation"), from contemplāre, contemplārī "to look at fixedly, observe, notice, ponder" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|contemplate|};

    [Noun]  | "self-con*tem*pla*tion" | \ ˌself-ˌkän-təm-ˈplā-shən \


    1: the act of studying or contemplating oneself


    Origin: 1675 ;

    [Idiom]  | "in contemplation" 


    1: being thought about or considered

    [Noun]  | "contemplation" 


    1: long or deep thinking about spiritual matters;


      * e.g., " ... the decision to enter a monastery and to spend one's life in prayer and contemplation "



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    2: the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence;


      * e.g., " ... in contemplation of their children's college expenses, they started saving early "



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    [Noun]  | "self-contemplation" 


    1: examination of one's own thoughts and feelings;


      * e.g., " ... she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption "



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     [ "contemplation" ]

    1: to be thoughtful, to express your feelings and emotions/ to try and communicate with god within yourself, to prey or request with him

      * e.g.,  ... Contemplation - If toay was prefect there would be no need for tomorrow 

     [ "Contemplate" ]

    1: The essence of this word, or its stem is: To temporarily elate any cons. Thus contemplate. Think deeply, going within the metacaverns of your colorful mind, exposing the inner, radical contents of the unconcious centres and bringing them to the light.. in the end you get a highly-defined, crystal view of any situation or thought/phenomena.. hyperdynamic states of awareness, your seed is planted, interconnected and synchronized with all beings, becoming one four-dimensional harmonginous fungai of Sacred imagination, mirroring through quadre-polegonic trapeziums, ascending the juzembi-roughers into to creatures of multi-hexangular LOVE!!!!

      * e.g.,  ... Aldous: What would we need to do to perceive infinity? William: If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as is, infinite. Terence: One would need to contemplate over what mechanisms would be effective enough to "cleanse" the doors of perception.. possibly the doctors of the soul may be of assistance, for they are inter-mediators in super-human form, connecting physical reality, to the spirit world. 

     [ "contemplicity" ]

    1: A state of thoughtful tranquility which is blissfully useless, like meditation but takes less work. Variants: plicity. Adjective: contemplicitous, plicitous.

      * e.g.,  ... Pach was shrooming last week and came over all contemplicitous for about half an hour before he got to thinking that his eyes were too cold. 

     [ "contemplicity" ]

    1: the quality or characteristic to assess the possible

      * e.g.,  ... She was in a state of constate contemplicity. 

     [ "contemplative" ]

    1: con·tem·pla·tive

      * e.g.,  ... a contemplative mind. 


     [ "contemplative" ]

    2: –adjective


     [ "contemplative" ]

    3:  given to or characterized by contemplation


     [ "contemplative" ]

    4: –noun


     [ "contemplative" ]

    5:  a person devoted to contemplation, as a monk

     [ "contemplate" ]

    1: when someone lays on top of you and lightly places their lips on your lips and the two of you say "contemplate" back and fourth. Same effect as a kiss.

      * e.g.,  ... OMG! natalie and matt contemplated on the green couch in natalies basement while we were watching madagascar. it was so cute! 

     [ "Contemplate" ]

    1: A three sided square

      * e.g.,  ... How tf you ain’t know what a three sided square is cmon big brain it’s a contemplate 

     [ "contemplator" ]

    1: Someone who sits around anxiously thinking about the Oakland Raiders all day instead of doing anything productive at all. A contemplator may also contemplate new definitions for their new found self identity in hopes of finally finding themselves.

      * e.g.,  ... The contemplator was so concerned about the Oakland Raiders and could only ask one question, what is the best definition for contemplator? 

     [ "contemplator" ]

    1: Someone who sits around thinking about other people's parents all day instead of doing work.

      * e.g.,  ... She helped me pick out a Mother's Day gift, she is SUCH a contemplator. 

     [ "coffee and contemplation" ]

    1: A saying made by Stranger Things Jim Hopper David Harbour that is literally the meaning of life.

      * e.g.,  ... Hopper: “Mornigs are for coffee and contemplation” 

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