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excogitate definition

ex·cogi·tate (eks käj′ə tāt′)

transitive verb excogitated -·tat′ed, excogitating -·tat′·ing

  1. to think out carefully and fully
  2. to contrive, devise, or invent by such thought

Etymology: < L excogitatus, pp. of excogitare: see ex- & cogitate

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