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): /ˈkoʊd͡ʒɪteɪt/, /ˈkɑd͡ʒɪteɪt/
• 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 Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, , →OCLC:

     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, 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
• metacogitate

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

cogitate

1. inflection of cogitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

cogitate f pl

1. feminine plural of cogitato

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.

Spanish

Verb

cogitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cogitar combined with te