Excogitate Definition
ĭk-skŏjĭ-tāt
excogitated, excogitates, excogitating
verb
excogitated
To think out carefully and fully.
Webster's New World
To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought.
Webster's New World
To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.
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Origin of Excogitate
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Latin excōgitāre excōgitāt- to find out by thinking ex- ex- cōgitāre to think cogitate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre ‘think’.
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