Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Excogitate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
2
reflect deeply on a subject
"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"
3
To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
Example Sentences
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
verb
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
verb
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
verb
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
verb
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