cogitate

cogitate
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 study; reflect, ruminate, chew over, chew one's cud, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains.
2. deliberate, excogitate, take to heart, consider, Archaic. perpend; weigh, evaluate, study, revolve, review, turn over, examine, con; think about or over, have one's mind on, wonder about, consider, speculate, surmise, suppose, conjecture, theorize, hypothesize.
3. conceive, think up, imagine, fancy, have ideas about, Inf. dream up, envision, envisage, visualize; devise, contrive, machinate, cabal, plan, scheme, plot, design, Obs. consult, Obs. intrigue; frame, concoct, brew, invent, hatch.

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  • Cogitate — Cog i*tate, v. t. To think over; to plan. [1913 Webster] He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 continuous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cogitate — index brood, consider, deliberate, muse, ponder, rationalize, reason (conclude), reflect ( …   Law dictionary

  • cogitate — late 16c., from L. cogitat , pp. stem of cogitare to think (see COGITATION (Cf. cogitation)). Related: Cogitated; cogitating …   Etymology dictionary

  • cogitate — *think, reflect, deliberate, reason, speculate Analogous words: *ponder, ruminate, meditate, muse: *consider, excogitate, weigh, contemplate, study: *think, conceive, imagine, envisage, envision …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cogitate — [v] think deeply about brainstorm*, cerebrate, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on*, imagine, kick around*, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around*, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate …   New thesaurus

  • cogitate — ► VERB formal ▪ meditate or reflect. DERIVATIVES cogitation noun cogitative adjective cogitator noun. ORIGIN Latin cogitare to consider …   English terms dictionary

  • cogitate — [käj′ə tāt΄] vi., vt. cogitated, cogitating [< L cogitatus, pp. of cogitare < * coagitare: see CO & AGITATE] to think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider SYN. THINK1 cogitable [käj′ətə bəl] adj. cogitation n. cogitator …   English World dictionary

  • cogitate — cogitatingly, adv. cogitator, n. /koj i tayt /, v., cogitated, cogitating. v.i. 1. to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem. v.t. 2. to think about; devise: to cogitate a scheme. [1555 65; < L cogitatus (ptp. of cogitare),… …   Universalium

  • cogitate — v. (formal) (D; intr.) to cogitate on * * * [ kɒdʒɪteɪt] (formal) (D; intr.) to cogitate on …   Combinatory dictionary

  • cogitate — UK [ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt] / US [ˈkɑdʒɪˌteɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms cogitate : present tense I/you/we/they cogitate he/she/it cogitates present participle cogitating past tense cogitated past participle cogitated formal to think about something… …   English dictionary

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