Definition of Excogitate

1. Verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. "Did he excogitate his major works over a short period of time?"; "Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"


2. Verb. Reflect deeply on a subject. "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

Definition of Excogitate

1. v. t. To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

2. v. i. To cogitate.

Definition of Excogitate

1. Verb. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. ¹

2. Verb. To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excogitate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excogitate

exclusivisms
exclusivist
exclusivists
exclusivities
exclusivity
exclusivize
exclusivized
exclusivizes
exclusivizing
exclusory
excoct
excocted
excocting
excoction
excoctions
excogitate (current term)
excogitated
excogitates
excogitating
excogitation
excogitations
excogitative
excogitator
excommune
excommuned
excommunes
excommunicable
excommunicant
excommunicants
excommunicate

Literary usage of Excogitate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. De finibus bonorum et malorum by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Harris Rackham (1914)
"Well then, I shall make bold to call the other things in accordance with nature goods, ' and not cheat them of their old name, rather than excogitate some ..."

2. Parables from Nature by Alfred Gatty (1861)
"Let the ingenious reader, who is disposed to test his own powers, excogitate the Star Fish's unknown sense! The result of such an endeavour will not be ..."

3. The Boke Named The Gouernour by Thomas Elyot (1883)
"excogitate ; Excogitation, to devise, contrive ; device, contrivance. ... which Cotgrave renders ' la excogitate ; seriously to thinke, earnestly to ..."

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