excogitate

Definition

To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.

Etymology

From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).

Example Sentences

• "The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity."
• "Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death."
• "After many years of study, he excogitated a solution."