excogitate

  • 11excogitate — ex·cog·i·tate || eks kÉ’dʒɪteɪt v. discover, invent …

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  • 12excogitate — [ɪks kɒdʒɪteɪt, ɛks ] verb formal think out, plan, or devise. Derivatives excogitation noun Origin C16: from L. excogitat , excogitare, from ex out + cogitare think …

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  • 13excogitate — v. a. Think out, make up, invent, contrive, imagine, create …

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  • 14excogitate — v 1. think out, devise, contrive, figure out, invent, design; make up, hatch, create, coin, fabricate, frame, concoct, brew; think up, conceive, imagine, fancy, have ideas about, Inf. dream up, envision, envisage, visualize. 2. deliberate, ponder …

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  • 15excogitate — ex·cog·i·tate …

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  • 16excogitate — ex•cog•i•tate [[t]ɛksˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. t. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to think out; devise 2) to study carefully in order to comprehend fully • Etymology: 1520–30; < L excōgitātus, ptp. of excōgitāre ex•cog i•ta′tion, n. ex•cog′i•ta tive, adj.… …

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  • 17excogitate — /ɛksˈkɒdʒəteɪt/ (say eks kojuhtayt) verb (t) (excogitated, excogitating) to think out; devise; invent. {Latin excōgitātus, past participle, found out by thinking} –excogitation /ɛkskɒdʒəˈteɪʃən/ (say ekskojuh tayshuhn), noun –excogitative… …

  • 18excogitate —   v.t. think up, devise; think out.    ♦ excogitation, n.    ♦ excogitative, a …

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  • 19excogitate — v.tr. think out; contrive. Derivatives: excogitation n. Etymology: L excogitare excogitat (as EX (1), cogitare COGITATE) …

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  • 20Excogitated — Excogitate Ex*cog i*tatev. 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… …

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