cogitate

cogitate
    v 1: consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in
         one's mind
    2: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to
       make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or
       judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
       [syn: {think}, {cogitate}, {cerebrate}]
    

Cogitate \Cog"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cogitated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cogitating}.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to
   reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence,
   prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. {Adage}.]
   To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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         He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by
         impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth,
         and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also
         cogitateth.                              --Bacon.
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Cogitate \Cog"i*tate\, v. t.
   To think over; to plan.
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         He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night,
         revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than
         how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. --Foxe.
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18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cogitate":
      cerebrate, conceive, conceptualize, entertain ideas, excogitate,
      exercise the mind, form ideas, give thought to, ideate,
      intellectualize, puzzle out, reason, reason out, sort out, think,
      think about, think out, think through