cogitate

English

Etymology

From cōgitāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin cōgitō (“I think”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: kōʹjĭtāt, IPA: /ˈkəʊʤɪteɪt/, SAMPA: /"k@UdZIteIt/

Verb

cogitate (third-person singular simple present cogitates, present participle cogitating, simple past and past participle cogitated)

1. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
   • 1953: Robert Wright and George Forrest, Kismet

     Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.

2. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ponder

Related terms

• cogibundity
• cogitation

Translations

to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply

Bulgarian: размислям (bg), размишлявам (bg) Finnish: harkita (fi), miettiä (fi) Portuguese: cogitar (pt)

Russian: обдумывать, размышлять Spanish: cogitar (es)

to consider, to devise

Bulgarian: разглеждам (bg), обмислям (bg)

Finnish: harkita (fi)

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French: cogiter

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Italian

Verb

cogitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of cogitare
2. second-person plural imperative of cogitare
3. Feminine plural of cogitato

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Latin

Verb

cōgitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōgitō

Participle

cōgitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōgitātus