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contemplate
1. v. 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. v. To consider as a possibility.
I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.

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Do you believe that elephants can contemplate life after death?  Happiness does not lie in things. It lies in the souls of people who reflect upon or contemplate them.

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