what does excogitate mean?
EXCOGITATE as VERB
- Meaning
- reflect deeply on a subject
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- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Hypernyms(s) excogitate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
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- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Hypernyms(s) excogitate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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