Excogitate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Excogitate is a verb meaning To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
Meaning
To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
More Meanings
- To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
Example Sentences
After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.
This evidence […] thus excogitated out of the general theory.
Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death.
The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity.
Word Forms
- excogitates
- excogitating
- excogitated
Synonyms for excogitate
Depending on context, synonyms include contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include invent, devise, contrive, formulate, forge, cogitate.
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