cogitate

  • 21cogitate — [ kɒdʒɪteɪt] verb formal meditate or reflect. Derivatives cogitation noun cogitative adjective cogitator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as cogitation): from L. cogitat , cogitare to consider …

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  • 22cogitate — v. n. Meditate, think, reflect, consider, ponder, weigh, deliberate, ruminate, muse …

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  • 23cogitate — verb (intransitive + about/on) formal to think carefully and seriously about something cogitation noun (U) …

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  • 24cogitate — v 1. meditate, contemplate, think, cerebrate, put on one s thinking cap, be lost in thought, beabstracted, be absorbed, be immersed, be engrossed, concentrate, focus, put one s mind to; muse, ponder, brood, mull over, dwell on, be in a brown… …

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  • 25cogitate — cog·i·tate …

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  • 26cogitate — cog•i•tate [[t]ˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to ponder; meditate 2) to think about; devise • Etymology: 1555–65; < L cōgitātus, ptp. of cōgitāre=co co +agitāre; see agitate cog′i•ta tor, n …

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  • 27cogitate — [c]/ˈkɒdʒəteɪt / (say kojuhtayt) verb (cogitated, cogitating) –verb (i) 1. to think hard; ponder; meditate. –verb (t) 2. to think about; devise. {Latin cōgitātus, past participle} –cogitator, noun …

  • 28cogitate —   v.i. & t. think deeply; consider seriously.    ♦ cogitable, a. conceivable.    ♦ cogitabund,   a. deep in thought.    ♦ cogitation, n.    ♦ cogitative, a. contemplative; having power of thought …

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  • 29cogitate — v.tr. & intr. ponder, meditate. Derivatives: cogitation n. cogitative adj. cogitator n. Etymology: L cogitare think (as CO , AGITATE) …

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  • 30Cogitated — Cogitate Cog i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogitating}.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one s self. Cf. {Adage}.] To engage in… …

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