cogitate
to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
to think about; devise: to cogitate a scheme.
Origin of cogitate
1Other words for cogitate
Other words from cogitate
- cog·i·tat·ing·ly, adverb
- cog·i·ta·tor, noun
- pre·cog·i·tate, verb, pre·cog·i·tat·ed, pre·cog·i·tat·ing.
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How to use cogitate in a sentence
As his characters cogitate and self-medicate, scheme and philosophize, his subject is less the content of their thoughts than the mind contemplating itself.
With ‘Double Blind,’ Edward St. Aubyn tasks himself with a formidable challenge | Charles Arrowsmith | June 11, 2021 | Washington PostNevertheless, the media machine will cogitate for the next 48 hours on the supposed winners and losers.
Let me see; let me think, reflect, cogitate, tickle the thinker.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonIt is chiefly this class of holiday-makers that we have in our minds whilst we cogitate the hints in these pages.
The word "Coger" does not imply codger, or a drinker of cogs, but comes from cogite, to cogitate.
Old and New London | Walter Thornbury
There on the low stone wall bordering on the east the property of Captain Orrin Eldridge, he seated himself to rest and cogitate.
Fair Harbor | Joseph Crosby LincolnHe will lift his eyebrows with a certain look of contempt, and continue to cogitate—about nothing.
British Dictionary definitions for cogitate
/ (ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt) /
to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder
Origin of cogitate
1Derived forms of cogitate
- cogitatingly, adverb
- cogitation, noun
- cogitator, noun
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