cogitate
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cogitate
- /ˈkəʊdʒɪteɪt/ UK
- /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/ UK
- /ˈkoʊd͡ʒɪteɪt/ US
- /ˈkɑd͡ʒɪteɪt/ US
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin cōgitātus, perfect passive participle of cōgitō (“to think”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb cogitates · cogitating · cogitated
- To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply. He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.
- To consider, to devise.
