Excogitate
//ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
"The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity."
- 2 reflect deeply on a subject wordnet
- 3 To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
"After many years of study, he excogitated a solution."
- 4 come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort wordnet
Example
More examples"The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity."
Etymology
From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).
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