contemplative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: contemplative	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for contemplative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contemplative adj deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; Synonym(s): brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative n a person devoted to the contemplative life
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contemplative \Contem"plative\, a. [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.] 1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. --Denham. 2. Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contemplative \Contem"plative\, n. (R. C. Ch.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.