cogitate
verb (used without object)
to think hard; ponder; meditate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“No, I am cogitating upon how to find a stolen houseboat—not to mention a man who disappeared mysteriously from Old Mansion.”
From The Vanishing Houseboat by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt