cogitation
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ɪˈteɪ noun
1.
concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
2.
the faculty of thinking: She was a serious student and had a great power of cogitation.
3.
a thought; design or plan: to jot down one's cogitations.
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| —vb | |
| to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder | |
| [C16: from Latin cōgitāre, from co- (intensive) + agitāre to turn over, | |
| 'cogitatingly | |
| —adv | |
| cogi'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'cogitator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cogitation
early 13c., from O.Fr. cogitaciun, from L. cogitationem, noun of action from cogitare "to think," apparently from co-agitare, from co- "together" + agitare, here in a sense of "to turn over in the mind."
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Example sentences
To turn the pages of this remarkable album is to experience the look of deep cogitation as a mode of being.
First, his ideas are not the products of isolated cogitation.
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