cogitate

[ koj-i-teyt ]
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verb (used without object),cog·i·tat·ed, cog·i·tat·ing.
  1. to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.

verb (used with object),cog·i·tat·ed, cog·i·tat·ing.
  1. to think about; devise: to cogitate a scheme.

Origin of cogitate

1
1555–65; <Latin cōgitātus (past participle of cōgitāre), equivalent to co-co- + agitātus;see agitate

Other words for cogitate

Other words from cogitate

  • cog·i·tat·ing·ly, adverb
  • cog·i·ta·tor, noun
  • pre·cog·i·tate, verb, pre·cog·i·tat·ed, pre·cog·i·tat·ing.

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How to use cogitate in a sentence

  • There on the low stone wall bordering on the east the property of Captain Orrin Eldridge, he seated himself to rest and cogitate.

    Fair Harbor | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He will lift his eyebrows with a certain look of contempt, and continue to cogitate—about nothing.

British Dictionary definitions for cogitate

cogitate

/ (ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt) /


verb
  1. to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder

Origin of cogitate

1
C16: from Latin cōgitāre, from co- (intensive) + agitāre to turn over, agitate

Derived forms of cogitate

  • cogitatingly, adverb
  • cogitation, noun
  • cogitator, noun

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