cogitative

[ koj-i-tey-tiv ]

/ ˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv /

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adjective

meditating; contemplating: The cogitative faculty distinguishes humans from animals.

given to meditation; thoughtful: The leaders sat in cogitative silence.

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Origin of cogitative

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin cōgitātīvus, equivalent to cōgitāt(us) (see cogitate) + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM cogitative

cog·i·ta·tive·ly, adverbcog·i·ta·tive·ness, noun

Words nearby cogitative

cogged, coggle, cogitable, cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogito, ergo sum, cognac, cognate, cognate object, cognation

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Example sentences from the Web for cogitative

The discriminate procedure, manifestable by the instruments of knowledge, is called the cogitative.
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha|Madhava Acharya
Mr. Rooper walked back to the tavern in a cogitative state of mind.
A Chosen Few|Frank R. Stockton
Sounding the depths of his capacious intellect, his cogitative faculties were "in cogibundity of cogitation."
Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Daniel
Both were self-taught, but one was intensely active, the other cogitative.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887|Various

The first eternal being is thus spiritual or “cogitative,” and contains in itself all the perfections that can ever after exist.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cogitative

cogitative

/ (ˈkɒdʒɪtətɪv) /

adjective

capable of thinking

thoughtful

Derived forms of cogitative

cogitatively, adverbcogitativeness, noun

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cogitative

adjective

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adjective

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