cogitate
51muse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. ponder, meditate, dream, ruminate. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ponder, meditate, reflect; see think 1 . n. Syn. inspiration, stimulus, creative impulse, creative spirit, genius, poetic… …
52think — 1 Think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize, envisage, envision are comparable when they mean to form an idea or notion of something in the mind. Think, the most general and least explicit word of this group, may imply nothing more than the… …
53chew over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1) 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 • Syn: ↑think over,… …
54cogitation — noun 1. a carefully considered thought about something his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook • Derivationally related forms: ↑cogitate • Hypernyms: ↑idea, ↑thought 2. attentive consideration and meditation after much cogitation… …
55cogitative — adjective 1. of or relating to having capacities for cogitation the cogitative faculty • Pertains to noun: ↑cogitation • Derivationally related forms: ↑cogitate 2. given to cogitation he looked at me with cogitative eyes …
56mull over — verb 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 • Syn: ↑chew over, ↑think over,… …
57think over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 3) 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 • Syn: ↑chew over,… …
58incogitant — (ˈ)in|käjəd.ənt, ənˈk adjective Etymology: Latin incogitant , incogitans, from in in (I) + cogitant , cogitans, present participle of cogitare to cogitate more at cogitate 1. : failing in due consideration of proper or relevant factors :… …
59Excogitate — 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… …
60Excogitate — Ex*cog i*tate, v. i. To cogitate. [R.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
