excogitate

[eks-koj-i-teyt]

verb (used with object)

excogitated, excogitating 

1. to think out; devise; invent.

2. to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully.

excogitate

/ ɛksˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. to devise, invent, or contrive

2. to think out in detail

Other Word Forms

• excogitative adjective
• excogitable adjective
• excogitator noun
• excogitation noun
• unexcogitated adjective
• unexcogitative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of excogitate¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin excōgitātus, past participle of excōgitāre “to devise, invent, think out”; ex- ¹, cogitate

Word History and Origins

Origin of excogitate¹

C16: from Latin excōgitāre, from cōgitāre to ponder, _cogitate

Example Sentences

It is always peculiarly fascinating, therefore, to subject to direct verification by observation, that is, to render palpable to the senses, something which we have only theoretically excogitated or theoretically surmised.

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Did ever a human being excogitate such blasphemous nonsense?

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Nature in a mirror is just nature, not nature thought out, excogitated, turned to human uses, interpreted in human words.

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By the time that I had excogitated all this, my feet had visited many square yards of palace, comprising bed-room, banqueting-room, chief lady's room, chapel, and so on.

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This is the most perfect form of absolutism ever yet excogitated in any man's brains.

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