excogitate

(eks käjə tāt′)

transitive verb excogitated, excogitating

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

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

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See excogitate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ex·cog·i·tat·ed, ex·cog·i·tat·ing, ex·cog·i·tates
To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.

Origin:

Origin: Latin excōgitāre, excōgitāt-, to find out by thinking

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + cōgitāre, to think; see cogitate

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Related Forms:

  • ex·cogˌi·taˈtion noun
  • ex·cogˈi·taˌtive adjective

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