cogitative

[koj-i-tey-tiv]

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adjective

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

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

Origin of cogitative

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

Related formscog·i·ta·tive·ly, adverbcog·i·ta·tive·ness, noun

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Related Words for cogitative

contemplative, deliberative, meditative, probing, reasoning, reflective, ruminative, thinking, contemplating

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Historical Examples of cogitative

Both were self-taught, but one was intensely active, the other cogitative.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887
Various
Mr. Rooper walked back to the tavern in a cogitative state of mind.
A Chosen Few
Frank R. Stockton
The antithesis would be better expressed in many cases, by the words objective and mental, or objective and cogitative.
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 115, January 10, 1852
Various
The discriminate procedure, manifestable by the instruments of knowledge, is called the cogitative.
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha
Madhava Acharya
The practical intellect is again divided into the cogitative and the technological.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik

British Dictionary definitions for cogitative

cogitative

adjective

capable of thinking

thoughtful

Derived Formscogitatively, adverbcogitativeness, noun

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Word Origin and History for cogitative

adj.

late 15c., from Old French cogitatif (14c.), from Medieval Latin cogitativus, from Latin cogitare (see cogitation).