cogitate

American  

[koj-i-teyt] / ˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used without object)

cogitated, cogitating

1. to think hard; ponder; meditate.

   to cogitate about a problem.

   Synonyms:

   reflect , deliberate

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verb (used with object)

cogitated, cogitating

1. to think about; devise.

   to cogitate a scheme.

   Synonyms:

   weigh

cogitate British  

/ ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder

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Other Word Forms

• cogitatingly adverb
• cogitation noun
• cogitator noun
• precogitate verb

Etymology

Origin of cogitate

1555–65; < Latin cōgitātus (past participle of cōgitāre ), equivalent to co- co- + agitātus; agitate

Example Sentences

With that distinction comes the expected propagation of ambitious museum exhibitions seeking to articulate, illuminate and cogitate over its local history of modern art, which is little-known.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s one thing to cogitate and empathize with national shame and collective culpability, but it’s another thing entirely to grow up with it, to have it tattooed on your DNA.

From Los Angeles Times

And he began to work in earnest on the manuscript for “City of Quartz,” which brought together ideas he had been cogitating on for years.

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"They will go over and over their thoughts, ruminate and cogitate sometimes for weeks and months," he says.

From BBC

A banquito is where one sits, alone or in a group, to cogitate and reflect.

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