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EXCOGITATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they excogitate ... he / she / it excogitates
Past simple: excogitated
Past participle: excogitated
-ing form: excogitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reflect deeply on a subject
Example:
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Synonyms:
chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "excogitate" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excogitate"):
premeditate (think or reflect beforehand or in advance)
theologise; theologize (make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects)
introspect (reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings)
bethink (consider or ponder something carefully)
cogitate (consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind)
question; wonder (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation)
puzzle (be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide)
consider; study (give careful consideration to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
excogitative (concerned with excogitating or having the power of excogitation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Example:
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Synonyms:
contrive; devise; excogitate; forge; formulate; invent
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "excogitate" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
excogitation (the creation of something in the mind)
excogitation (thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it)
excogitator (a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly)
