"excogitate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: excogitates [present, singular, third-person], excogitating [participle, present], excogitated [participle, past], excogitated [past]
Etymology: From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|excōgitāre}} Latin excōgitāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} excogitate (third-person singular simple present excogitates, present participle excogitating, simple past and past participle excogitated)
  1. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. Translations (to come to conclusion): päätyä (Finnish), tulla tulokseen (Finnish) Translations (to think over carefully): обмислям (obmisljam) (Bulgarian), pohtia (Finnish), pohdiskella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-excogitate-en-verb-LccyjPR2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'to come to conclusion': 59 41 Disambiguation of 'to think over carefully': 99 1
  2. To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
    Sense id: en-excogitate-en-verb-cxxMYDtN

Inflected forms

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