cogitation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cogitacion, itself borrowed from Latin cōgitātiō, cōgitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒdʒ.ɪ.ˈteɪʃ.ən/

Noun

cogitation (countable and uncountable, plural cogitations)

1. (uncountable) The process of cogitating; thought, deliberation or meditation.
2. (countable) A carefully considered thought.

Quotations

• 1848 Basil Montagu - The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author by Basil Montagu - Page 212

  Aristotle saith well, "Words are the images of cogitations, and letters are the images of words"

Translations

process of cogitating

• Bulgarian: размишление (bg) (razmišlenie)
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• French: cogitation (fr) f

See also

• cogitate