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| excogitation | (n) thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it |
| excogitative | (adj) concerned with excogitating or having the power of excogitation |
| excogitator | (n) a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly |
| chew over | (v) reflect deeply on a subject, Syn. excogitate, reflect, mull, think over, muse, mull over, meditate, ruminate, speculate, contemplate, ponder, Example: I mulled over the events of the afternoon; philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years; The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate |
| invent | (v) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort, Syn. excogitate, forge, contrive, devise, formulate, Example: excogitate a way to measure the speed of light |
| invention | (n) the creation of something in the mind, Syn. design, innovation, conception, excogitation |
| Excogitate | pos>v. t. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excogitate | v. i. To cogitate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excogitation | n. [ L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation. ] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ] |