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Synonyms for excogitation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eks-koj-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛksˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪt |
Définition of excogitation
- noun conception
- He had half a mind to remain at home to conquer them by excogitation.
- Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
- The comic of Jonson is a scholar's excogitation of the comic; that of Massinger a moralist's.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- Excogitation, this combination of letters is to be found in the Doctor's works, though not in his Dictionary.
- Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
- Before the excogitation of this splendid resolve, he had been observed to wear for some period a conspiratorial aspect.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- No amount of pure inspection and excogitation could decide which belongs to which world.
- Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
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