Definitions for: Excogitate

[v] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*cog"i*tatev. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p.
pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of
excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See
Cogitate.]
To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise;
to contrive. ``Excogitate strange arts.'' --Stirling.

This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general
theory. --Whewell.

Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i.
To cogitate. [R.] --Bacon.

Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent

See Also: create by mental act, create mentally

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