excogitate


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excogitate
v. discover, invent

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excogitate

Verb
1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
(synonym) invent, contrive, devise, formulate, forge
(hypernym) create by mental act, create mentally
(derivation) invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
2. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
(synonym) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) premeditate


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Excogitate
(v. t.)
To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.
  
 
(v. i.)
To cogitate.
  

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excogitate
v. a.
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excogitate
Synonyms and related words:
cogitate, contemplate, contrive, develop, educe, evolve, give thought to, invent, mind, perpend, ponder, puzzle out, reason out, sort out, study, think about, think out, think over, think through, think up, weigh
  

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