excogitate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/    美 /ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
    — The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity.
  2. To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
    — After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.

词形变化

excogitates present,singular,third-person excogitating participle,present excogitated participle,past excogitated past

词汇关系

衍生词
unexcogitated

词源

From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).
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