vverb.creationcome up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effortSynset:contrive devise forge formulate invent
Examples:- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Derivationally Related Form:contrivanceformuladevisingexcogitationinventiondeviserexcogitatorformulationdevisalinventiveinventor
Hypernyms:create by mental act create mentally
Inherited Hypernyms:inventcreate by mental actmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his major works over a short period of time? (apply to: formulate, devise, contrive, invent)
vverb.cognitionreflect deeply on a subjectSynset:chew over contemplate meditate mull mull over muse ponder reflect ruminate speculate think over
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:musemuserruminatorruminativepondererspeculationcontemplativemeditationruminationspeculativemusingexcogitativemullercontemplationmeditativereflective
Hypernyms:cerebrate cogitate think
Inherited Hypernyms:chew overthink
Direct Hyponyms:bethinkcogitateconsiderintrospectpremeditatepuzzlequestionstudytheologisetheologizewonder
Full Troponyms:bethinkcogitatecomparefactorintrospectpremeditatepuzzlescruplestudytheologizewonder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s something (apply to: chew over, think over)