cogitable

American  

[koj-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈkɒdʒ ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be considered; conceivable; thinkable.

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

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cogitable British  

/ ˈkɒdʒɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. 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 ) ( see cogitate) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

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

From Modern Society by Howe, Julia Ward

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.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

For the world is a sum of phenomena; there must, therefore, be some transcendental basis of these phenomena, that is, a basis cogitable by the pure understanding alone.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

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

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

If the two contradictory extremes are equally incogitable, yet include a cogitable mean, why insist upon the 252 necessity of accepting either extreme?

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)