cogitation

[ koj-i-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌkɒdʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.

the faculty of thinking: She was a serious student and had a great power of cogitation.

a thought; design or plan: to jot down one's cogitations.

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Origin of cogitation

1175–1225; Middle English cogitaciun<Anglo-French, Old French <Latin cōgitātiōn- (stem of cōgitātiō), equivalent to cōgitāt(us) (see cogitate) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM cogitation

pre·cog·i·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby cogitation

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

How to use cogitation in a sentence

Let every man have his “cogibundity of cogitation,” and let people suit themselves about the names of their churches.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
After much cogitation they decided that Maud should send him a death-bed message, in which she was to own that she loved him.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley
It then looked at the hand as if the latter had done it on purpose and became sunk in profound cogitation.
Young People's Pride|Stephen Vincent Benet
The youth leaned against the side of the apartment a brief while longer in intense cogitation, and then sighed.
The Phantom of the River|Edward S. Ellis

The end of this private cogitation was a vague impatience of all the things his venerable host took for granted.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James