Synonyms

cogitable

American

[koj-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈkɒdʒ ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

able to be considered; conceivable; thinkable.

The thought of space flights to other galaxies has become more cogitable.

cogitable British

/ ˈkɒdʒɪtəbəl /

adjective

rare conceivable

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Other Word Forms

cogitability noun

Etymology

Origin of cogitable

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

Example Sentences

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If the two contradictory extremes are themselves incogitable, yet include a cogitable mean, why insist upon the necessity of accepting either extreme?

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

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

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Hence the Quantitative Infinites must be also Units, and the division of space and time, implying absolute contradiction, is not even cogitable as an hypothesis.

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

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