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Excogitate

Excogitate Meaning & Definition
Excogitate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excogitate?

[v] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Excogitate: contrive | devise | forge | formulate | invent

Related Terms | Find terms related to Excogitate: 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

See Also | create by mental act | create mentally

Excogitate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*cog"i*tate\v. 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 devise; to contrive. ``Excogitate strange arts.'' --Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. --Whewell.
\Ex*cog"i*tate\, v. i. To cogitate. [R.] --Bacon.

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