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cogitable

[ koj-i-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈkɒdʒ ɪ tə bəl /
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adjective
able to be considered; conceivable; thinkable: The thought of space flights to other galaxies has become more cogitable.
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Origin of cogitable

1425–75; late Middle English <Latin cōgitābilis, equivalent to cōgitā(re) (see cogitate) + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM cogitable

cog·i·ta·bil·i·ty, noun

Words nearby cogitable

cogent, Coggan, cogged, coggle, cog in the wheel, cogitable, cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogito, ergo sum, cognac
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Words related to cogitable

comprehendible, comprehensible, conceivable, convincing, imaginable, likely, possible, practicable, practical, presumable, reasonable, supposable

How to use cogitable in a sentence

  • There are only two modes of causality cogitable—the causality of nature or of freedom.

    The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

  • Objects, therefore, are of two kinds, sensible and cogitable.

    The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha|Madhava Acharya

  • Scotus Erigena revived the doctrine of Cogitable Universalia extra rem and ante rem.

    Aristotle|George Grote

  • A body impelled in one direction by a given force, and in another by its opposite, is easily cogitable.

    Modern Society|Julia Ward Howe

British Dictionary definitions for cogitable

cogitable
/ (ˈkɒdʒɪtəbəl) /
adjective
rare conceivable
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