contemplate

verb2

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.

   • To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent. — 1671
2. •
   To consider as a possibility.

   • I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.