cogitate

cogitate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. reflect, think, muse, ponder, mull, consider, meditate; plan, think up. See thought.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. ponder, meditate, contemplate, consider; see consider 3 , think 1 .
See Synonym Study at think .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
ponder, consider, meditate, weigh, think over, contemplate, deliberate.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on (or over), consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See THOUGHTS. 2. To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments: cerebrate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, speculate, think. Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head. See THOUGHTS.

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  • Cogitate — Cog i*tate, v. t. To think over; to plan. [1913 Webster] He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cogitate — Cog i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogitating}.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one s self. Cf. {Adage}.] To engage in continuous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cogitate — index brood, consider, deliberate, muse, ponder, rationalize, reason (conclude), reflect ( …   Law dictionary

  • cogitate — late 16c., from L. cogitat , pp. stem of cogitare to think (see COGITATION (Cf. cogitation)). Related: Cogitated; cogitating …   Etymology dictionary

  • cogitate — *think, reflect, deliberate, reason, speculate Analogous words: *ponder, ruminate, meditate, muse: *consider, excogitate, weigh, contemplate, study: *think, conceive, imagine, envisage, envision …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cogitate — [v] think deeply about brainstorm*, cerebrate, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on*, imagine, kick around*, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around*, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate …   New thesaurus

  • cogitate — ► VERB formal ▪ meditate or reflect. DERIVATIVES cogitation noun cogitative adjective cogitator noun. ORIGIN Latin cogitare to consider …   English terms dictionary

  • cogitate — [käj′ə tāt΄] vi., vt. cogitated, cogitating [< L cogitatus, pp. of cogitare < * coagitare: see CO & AGITATE] to think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider SYN. THINK1 cogitable [käj′ətə bəl] adj. cogitation n. cogitator …   English World dictionary

  • cogitate — cogitatingly, adv. cogitator, n. /koj i tayt /, v., cogitated, cogitating. v.i. 1. to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem. v.t. 2. to think about; devise: to cogitate a scheme. [1555 65; < L cogitatus (ptp. of cogitare),… …   Universalium

  • cogitate — v. (formal) (D; intr.) to cogitate on * * * [ kɒdʒɪteɪt] (formal) (D; intr.) to cogitate on …   Combinatory dictionary

  • cogitate — UK [ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt] / US [ˈkɑdʒɪˌteɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms cogitate : present tense I/you/we/they cogitate he/she/it cogitates present participle cogitating past tense cogitated past participle cogitated formal to think about something… …   English dictionary

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