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excogitate

[ eks-koj-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

excogitated, excogitating.
  1. to think out; devise; invent.
  2. to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully.


excogitate

/ ɛˈɒɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to devise, invent, or contrive
  2. to think out in detail
“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

  • ˈDzٲپ, adjective
  • ˈDzٲ, adjective
  • ˈDzˌٲٴǰ, noun
  • ˌDzˈٲپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Dz··ٲ· [eks-, koj, -i-t, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • ·Dzi·ٲtDz noun
  • ·Dzi·ٲt adjective
  • ·Dzi·ٲtǰ noun
  • ܲe·Dzi·ٲe adjective
  • un·Dzi·ٲt adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of excogitate1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin 泦ōٳܲ, past participle of 泦ō “to devise, invent, think out”; ex- 1, cogitate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of excogitate1

C16: from Latin 泦ō, from ō to ponder, cogitate
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Example Sentences

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It is always peculiarly fascinating, therefore, to subject to direct verification by observation, that is, to render palpable to the senses, something which we have only theoretically excogitated or theoretically surmised.

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Did ever a human being excogitate such blasphemous nonsense?

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Nature in a mirror is just nature, not nature thought out, excogitated, turned to human uses, interpreted in human words.

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By the time that I had excogitated all this, my feet had visited many square yards of palace, comprising bed-room, banqueting-room, chief lady's room, chapel, and so on.

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This is the most perfect form of absolutism ever yet excogitated in any man's brains.

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