cogitate

[ koj-i-teyt ]

/ ˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used without object), cog·i·tat·ed, cog·i·tat·ing.

to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.

verb (used with object), cog·i·tat·ed, cog·i·tat·ing.

to think about; devise: to cogitate a scheme.

OTHER WORDS FOR cogitate

1 deliberate, reflect.

2 weigh.

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Origin of cogitate

1555–65; <Latin cōgitātus (past participle of cōgitāre), equivalent to co-co- + agitātus;see agitate

OTHER WORDS FROM cogitate

cog·i·tat·ing·ly, adverbcog·i·ta·tor, nounpre·cog·i·tate, verb, pre·cog·i·tat·ed, pre·cog·i·tat·ing.

Words nearby cogitate

Coggan, cogged, coggle, cog in the wheel, cogitable, cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogito, ergo sum, cognac, cognate

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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 Post
Nevertheless, the media machine will cogitate for the next 48 hours on the supposed winners and losers.
Government Shutdown: Who Was to Blame?|Mark McKinnon|April 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Let me see; let me think, reflect, cogitate, tickle the thinker.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
It is chiefly this class of holiday-makers that we have in our minds whilst we cogitate the hints in these pages.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 696|Various

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 Lincoln
He will lift his eyebrows with a certain look of contempt, and continue to cogitate—about nothing.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cogitate

cogitate

/ (ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt) /

verb

to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder

Derived forms of cogitate

cogitatingly, adverbcogitation, nouncogitator, noun

Word Origin for cogitate

C16: from Latin cōgitāre, from co- (intensive) + agitāre to turn over, agitate

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