English
Etymology
From Latin excogitare|exc�git�re, from ex- + cogitare|c�git�re �think�.
Verb
en-verb|excogitat|es
- To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
#*2007: Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death. � MF Burnyeat, �Other Lives�, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 3
- To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
#:After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.
Category:Latin derivations
io:excogitate
te:excogitate
vi:excogitate
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