Excogitate Definition

ĭk-skŏjĭ-tāt
excogitated, excogitates, excogitating
verb
excogitated
To think out carefully and fully.
Webster's New World
To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought.
Webster's New World

To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.
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Origin of Excogitate

  • Latin excōgitāre excōgitāt- to find out by thinking ex- ex- cōgitāre to think cogitate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre ‘think’.

    From Wiktionary

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