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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eks-koj-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛksˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt |
Definition of excogitate
- verb think about seriously
- Here the little thinker is not often left to excogitate a theory for himself.
- Extract from : « Children's Ways » by James Sully
- He must first think and excogitate his matter, then choose his words, and examine the weight of either.
- Extract from : « Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter » by Ben Jonson
- And he had four days a week in which to excogitate new methods of creating a fortune.
- Extract from : « The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns » by Arnold Bennett
- No other author would have taken the trouble to excogitate him, and then treat him so badly.
- Extract from : « G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study » by Julius West
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