contemplate

Etymology

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

verb

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.
   There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives
   If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
   Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2013-07-20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
   I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.