| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| excogitate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ex·cog·i·tate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k-sk j -t t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ex·cog·i·tat·ed, ex·cog·i·tat·ing, ex·cog·i·tates
To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin exc gitre, excgitt-, to find out by thinking : ex-, ex- + cgitre, to think; see cogitate. | | OTHER FORMS: | ex·cogi·tation —NOUN
ex·cogi·tative —ADJECTIVE
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