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Excogitate

verb

(past & past part. excogitated; pres. part. excogitating)

Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent.

Reflect deeply on a subject. Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over. "Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years" , "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

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"Excogitate" Quotes from Famous Books

... ought or ought not to have done, however, had not yet made itself clear to him, and his endeavour to excogitate being in that direction broken off, gave way to the pleasure of knowing himself a father, or perhaps more truly of having an heir. In the strength of it he rose, went to the cellaret, and poured himself out a glass of his favourite port, which he sat down to drink in silence and ...

— Stephen Archer and Other Tales • George MacDonald

Words linked to "Excogitate" : create mentally, study, bethink, puzzle, question, think, premeditate, theologise, excogitator, cogitate, theologize, excogitation, create by mental act, cerebrate, introspect, wonder, consider, excogitative