cogitantadj.
rare.
Thinking, that thinks.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adjective]
weeningc1391
cogitative1490
busy-headeda1555
busy-brained1573
thinking1606
thoughtsome1627
cogitanta1680
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 121 And also perceives himself to be some particular cogitant Being.
Derivatives
ˈcogitantly adv. in a thinking manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adverb]
within oneself1340
cogitantly1660
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb]
thoughtfully1479
pensively1569
reflexively1631
reflectingly1643
ponderingly1647
studiedly1658
cogitantly1660
reflectively1763
ruminatingly1823
ruminatively1837
ruminantly1847
consideringly1870
1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 199 Shall we think because J. O. so thinks, & very cogitantly (but little cogently to us) conjectures, that, etc.
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