cogitate
verb (used without object)
to think hard; ponder; meditate.
cogitates
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present tense formof cogitate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But the narrator, thrilled and terrified by the prospect of committing to an entity who cogitates “a million times faster” than he can imagine, can’t help but pose “the indelicate question.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
She cogitates on questions like: What if she is making a choice she will always regret?
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
You could say that such works represent a convergence of opposite kinds of consciousness: one that thinks rationalistically in the most abstract terms possible and one that cogitates by means of visual and poetic metaphors.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
Mr. Steuer approaches the jury box and in a suave, confidential manner breathes an inaudible question, stands stiff waiting for an answer, relaxes when it comes, cogitates gently, whispers another query.
From Time Magazine Archive
He cogitates as he returns to the ingle-nook.
From Echoes of the War by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
