Definitions for excogitate
ɛksˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪtex·cog·i·tate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

   come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

2. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excogitateverb

   To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.

2. excogitateverb

   To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

   After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.

3. Etymology: From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre ‘think’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Excogitateverb

   To invent; to strike out by thinking.

   Etymology: excogito, Latin.

   If the wit of man had been to contrive this organ for himself, what could he have possibly excogitated more accurate? Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

   The tradition of the origination of mankind seems to be universal; but the particular methods of that origination, excogitated by the heathen, were particular. Matthew Hale, Orig. of Mank.

   We shall find them to be little else than excogitated and invented models, not much arising from the true image of the things themselves. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

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1. excogitate

   Excogitate is a verb which means to think out, plan, or devise carefully and in detail. This could refer to creating a startegy, coming up with a new idea or solving a complex problem.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excogitateverb

   to think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive

2. Excogitateverb

   to cogitate

3. Etymology: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excogitate

   eks-koj′i-tāt, v.t. to discover by thinking: to think earnestly or laboriously.—n. Excogitā′tion, laborious thinking: invention: contrivance. [L. excogitāre, -ātum—ex, out, cogitāre, to think.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excogitate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excogitate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=excogitate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excogitate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=excogitate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excogitate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=excogitate