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English Dictionary: cogitate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cogitate v consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" Synonym(s): think, cogitate, cerebrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cogitate \Cog"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogitating}.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. {Adage}.] To engage in continuous thought; to think. 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. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cogitate \Cog"itate\, v. t. To think over; to plan. He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate* nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. --Foxe.