To live in prayer and contemplation.
Shak.
3. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left.
Reid.
To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.
Con*tem"pla*tist (?), n. A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.
Con*tem"pla*tive (?), a. [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.] 1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
Fixed and contemplative their looks.
Denham.