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Definition of Excogitation
1. Noun. Thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it.
Derivative terms: Excogitate
2. Noun. The creation of something in the mind.
Generic synonyms: Creative Thinking, Creativeness, Creativity
Specialized synonyms: Concoction, Contrivance
Derivative terms: Conceive, Design, Design, Excogitate, Innovational, Invent
Definition of Excogitation
1. n. The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
Definition of Excogitation
1. Noun. Careful thought or consideration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excogitation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excogitation
Literary usage of Excogitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson (1886)
"When we are alone we are not always busy; the labor of excogitation is too violent
to last long; the ardor of inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or ..."
2. Notes on the Composition of Scientific Papers by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1904)
"have arisen in the excogitation. But we shall see how much better it is to alter
the order of excogitation, and by a new synthesis to carry back ' without ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1855)
"Patient excogitation has here, then, been worse than useless. ... The powerful
thinkers, of whom " patient excogitation'1 is a special characteristic, ..."
4. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1891)
"Too commonly, would-be investigators build up some plausible excogitation on what
they see or think they see, nay, wish to see, and then excogitate ..."
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