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ex⋅cog⋅i⋅tate

  [eks-koj-i-teyt]
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–verb (used with object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
1. to think out; devise; invent.
2. to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully.
Origin:
1520–30; < L excōgitātus ptp. of excōgitāre. to devise, invent, think out. See ex- 1 , cogitate

Related forms:
ex⋅cog⋅i⋅ta⋅ble  [eks-koj-i-tuh-buhl] , adjective
ex⋅cog⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, noun
ex⋅cog⋅i⋅ta⋅tive, adjective
ex⋅cog⋅i⋅ta⋅tor, noun
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ex·cog·i·tate   (ĭk-skŏj'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   ex·cog·i·tat·ed, ex·cog·i·tat·ing, ex·cog·i·tates
To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.

[Latin excōgitāre, excōgitāt-, to find out by thinking : ex-, ex- + cōgitāre, to think; see cogitate.]
ex·cog'i·ta'tion n., ex·cog'i·ta'tive adj.
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Excogitate

Ex*cog"i*tate\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." --Stirling.

This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. --Whewell.

Excogitate

Ex*cog"i*tate\, v. i. To cogitate. [R.] --Bacon.
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