tr.v. ex·cog·i·tat·ed, ex·cog·i·tat·ing, ex·cog·i·tates To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly. [Latin excōgitāre, excōgitāt-, to find out by thinking : ex-, ex- + cōgitāre, to think; see COGITATE.] ex·cog′i·tation n. ex·cogi·ta′tive adj. |
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