cogitate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cōgitāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the verb cōgitō (“I think”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kōʹjĭtāt, IPA(key): /ˈkəʊdʒɪteɪt/, /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊd͡ʒɪteɪt/, /ˈkɑd͡ʒɪteɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb[edit]
cogitate (third-person singular simple present cogitates, present participle cogitating, simple past and past participle cogitated)
- (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1953, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Kismet:
- Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.
- (transitive) To consider, to devise.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply
to consider, to devise
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
cogitate
- inflection of cogitare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
cogitate f pl
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
cōgitāte
Participle[edit]
cōgitāte
References[edit]
- “cogitate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cogitate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cogitate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
cogitate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of cogitar combined with te
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