ex·cog·i·tate
(ĭk-skŏj′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. ex·cog·i·tat·ed, ex·cog·i·tat·ing, ex·cog·i·tates
To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.
[Latin excōgitāre, excōgitāt-, to find out by thinking : ex-, ex- + cōgitāre, to think; see cogitate.]
ex·cog′i·ta′tion n.
ex·cog′i·ta′tive adj.
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| Noun | 1. | excogitation - thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| 2. |  excogitation - the creation of something in the mindconcoction - the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories" contrivance - the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" |
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excogitation
nounThe act or process of thinking:
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