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 ]
v. i.
He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation. ] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. “Fixed in cogitation deep.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. LL. cogitativus. ]
pos>v. t.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cogitate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation. ] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not cogitative; not thinking; lacking the power of thought;
n. The quality of being incogitative; lack of thought or of the power of thinking. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See Pre-, and Cogitate. ] To cogitate beforehand. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praecogitatio. ] Previous cogitation. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]