cogitate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōgitāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the verb cōgitō (“I think”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kōʹjĭtāt, IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊdʒɪteɪt/, /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊdʒɪteɪt/, /ˈkɑdʒɪteɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

cogitate (third-person singular simple present cogitates, present participle cogitating, simple past and past participle cogitated)

1. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:

     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.

   • 1953, Robert Wright and George Forrest, Kismet

     Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.

2. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• cogibundity
• cogitation

Translations

to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply

• Bulgarian: размислям (bg) (razmisljam), размишлявам (bg) (razmišljavam)
• Finnish: harkita (fi), miettiä (fi)
• Portuguese: cogitar (pt)

• Quechua: hamut'ay
• Russian: обду́мывать (ru) (obdúmyvatʹ), размышля́ть (ru) (razmyšljátʹ)
• Spanish: cogitar (es)

to consider, to devise

• Bulgarian: разглеждам (bg) (razgleždam), обмислям (bg) (obmisljam)

• Finnish: harkita (fi)

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• French: cogiter (fr)

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Italian

Verb

cogitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of cogitare
2. second-person plural imperative of cogitare
3. feminine plural of cogitato

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Latin

Verb

cōgitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōgitō

Participle

cōgitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōgitātus

References

• cogitate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cogitate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cogitate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette