Meaning of EXCOGITATE
| Pronunciation: | | eks'kâji`teyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" |
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| | Synonyms: | | contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent |
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| | See Also: | | create by mental act, create mentally | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ex*cog"i*tate\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p.
pr. & vb. n.. {Excogitating}.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of
excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See
{Cogitate}.]
To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise;
to contrive. ``Excogitate strange arts.'' --Stirling.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general
theory. --Whewell.
\Ex*cog"i*tate\, v. i.
To cogitate. [R.] --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | cogitate, contemplate, contrive, develop, educe, evolve, give thought to, invent, mind, perpend, ponder, puzzle out, reason out, sort out, study, think about, think out, think over, think through, think up, weigh |
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