cogitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
  2. verb use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
    cerebrate; think.
    • I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere

WordNet

Cog"i*tate intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cogitated ; present participle & verbal noun Cogitating
Definitions
  1. 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.
Cog"i*tate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913