contemplar
/kontemˈplaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to contemplate
🔭 contemplar = con (with) + templo: gazing at the sky within a sacred space
From Latin contemplari, 'to observe', rooted in templum, a space marked out by augurs for watching the sky for signs. To contemplate is to watch attentively, as an augur did in the templum.