excogitate

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excogitate

/ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/ UK
/ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/ US

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From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).

verb excogitates · excogitating · excogitated

To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. 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.
To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought. After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.

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@misc{excogitate_2026,
  title = {excogitate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excogitate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}