Word of the Day

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

cogitate

\KOJ-uh-tayt\ , intransitive verb;

To think deeply or intently; to ponder; to meditate.

To think about; to ponder on; to meditate upon; to plan or plot.

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Quotes:

Still cogitating and looking for an explanation in the fire.

-- Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son

Elliot seems to have been a serious type, given to New Year's Eves reading Shakespeare and cogitating on the sermon preached at his grandfather's funeral.

-- James Reaney, "They partied like it's 1899", London Free Press, January 3, 1999

Doc Leach shifted his pipe from one corner of his mouth to the other and blinked a couple of times. That meant he was cogitating.

-- Monty Roberts, The Man Who Listens To Horses

Origin:

Cogitate comes from Latin cogitare, "to turn over in one's mind, to reflect, to think, to consider," from co- + agitare, "to put in constant motion, to drive about," from agere, "to drive." It is related to agitate.