Obs. [f. L. contemplāt- ppl. stem + -URE, on L. type *contemplātūra.] Contemplation.
1580. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 270. [It] may delight the conceiptes of the head, but it will destroye the contemplature of the heart.
a. 1592. Greene, Orpharion (1599), 16. Acestes fell into a drowsie kind of contemplature.
