cogitations
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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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World English Dictionary
cogitate (ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Cogitations definition
(or "thoughts," as the Chaldee word in Dan. 7:28 literally means), earnest meditation.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
The result of her cogitations was tha she would avail herself of the option giver.
The sympathies of our nature are strengthened by pondering cogitations, and deadened by thoughtless use.
But still all these cogitations are the powers of the spirit, not of matter.
He adopted language as his main vehicle and has been using it ever since to demonstrate knotty cogitations about art and meaning.
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