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cogitate

[ koj-i-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

cogitated, cogitating.
  1. to think hard; ponder; meditate:

    to cogitate about a problem.

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verb (used with object)

cogitated, cogitating.
  1. to think about; devise:

    to cogitate a scheme.

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cogitate

/ ˈɒɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to think deeply about (a problem, possibility, etc); ponder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzˈٲپDz, noun
  • ˈDzˌٲپԲ, adverb
  • ˈDzˌٲٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzi·ٲiԲ· adverb
  • Dzi·ٲtǰ noun
  • ·Dzi·ٲٱ verb precogitated precogitating
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cogitate1

1555–65; < Latin ōٳܲ (past participle of ō ), equivalent to co- co- + ٳܲ; agitate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cogitate1

C16: from Latin ō, from co- (intensive) + to turn over, agitate
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With that distinction comes the expected propagation of ambitious museum exhibitions seeking to articulate, illuminate and cogitate over its local history of modern art, which is little-known.

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He had a cogitating look on his face.

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It’s one thing to cogitate and empathize with national shame and collective culpability, but it’s another thing entirely to grow up with it, to have it tattooed on your DNA.

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And he began to work in earnest on the manuscript for “City of Quartz,” which brought together ideas he had been cogitating on for years.

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"They will go over and over their thoughts, ruminate and cogitate sometimes for weeks and months," he says.

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