About The Word Excogitate
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Excogitate
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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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