different between delibrate vs contemplate

English

Etymology

Latin delibratus, past participle of delibrare (“to delibrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l?b?e?t/

Verb

delibrate (third-person singular simple present delibrates, present participle delibrating, simple past and past participle delibrated)

1. (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.

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Synonyms

• decorticate
• excorticate

Anagrams

• liberated

Latin

Verb

d?libr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?libr?

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contempl?tus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• Hyphenation: con?tem?plate

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.
2. To consider as a possibility.
   • 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:

     There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.

   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder
• (look at): examine

Derived terms

• contemplative

Related terms

• contemplation

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “contemplate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Italian

Verb

contemplate

1. second-person plural present indicative of contemplare
2. second-person plural imperative of contemplare
3. feminine plural of contemplato

Anagrams

• completante

Latin

Participle

contempl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of contempl?tus