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单词 excogitate
释义 ex·cog·i·tate
\(ˈ)ek|skäjəˌtāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
Etymology: Latin excogitatus, past participle of excogitare, from ex- ex- (I) + cogitare to cogitate — more at cogitate
transitive verb
1. : to examine mentally with thoroughness and care so as to attain thorough grasp and comprehension of
 < a much-excogitated topic >
 < to consider what ought to be written … he must first think and excogitate his matter — Samuel Johnson >
2. : to evolve, invent, or contrive in the mind : think out or up
 < excogitating arguments against hard work >
 < there may have been a time when the scientific inquirer sat still in his chair to excogitate science — John Dewey >
 < socialism was not an ideal … excogitated by wise men — Times Literary Supp >
intransitive verb
: cogitate
Synonyms: see consider
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