созерцать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съзрьцати (sŭzrĭcati), from Proto-Slavic *zьrcati. Related to зреть (zretʹ), -зирать (-ziratʹ). Compare other verbs from the same root зе́риться (zéritʹsja), поза́рится (pozáritsja), зы́ркать (zýrkatʹ), зы́рить (zýritʹ). Compare native dialectal зе́ркать (zérkatʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

созерца́ть (sozercátʹimpf

  1. (poetic, literary) to examine, to see, to behold, to observe, to gaze at
  2. (figuratively) to contemplate, to meditate

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