cogitate
verb (used without object)
to think hard; ponder; meditate.
cogitated
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past participleof cogitate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cogitate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cogitateverb (used without object)to think hard; ponder; meditate.
Example Sentences
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He went back to Down House, cogitated for a decade or more and came up with a second book, Descent of Man, in 1871.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 18, 2017
The committee learnedly cogitated the question of trees versus livestock; and then moved with dignity into the leafy shade of the Yellowstone National Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secretary of State Stimson, alive to the embarrassment of the situation, cogitated in his office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Philosopher-dramatist Pirandello cogitated, frowned, beamed at last upon his honorably quarrelsome friends, invited them to a garden party, suggested that they bring swords.
From Time Magazine Archive
Temporarily he pushed away the specs on the Nexus-6 brain unit, took a pinch of Mrs. Siddons’ No. 3 & 4 snuff and cogitated.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
