cogitate
/ˈkəʊdʒɪteɪt/US/ˈkoʊd͡ʒɪteɪt/
cogitate verb: to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
Verb
cogitate (third-person singular simple present cogitates, present participle cogitating, simple past and past participle cogitated)
- To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- 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.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...
- Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.1953, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Kismet
- To consider, to devise.
cogitate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
cogitate in Tamil
- சிந்தி, யோசி
cogitate in Urdu
- غور کرنا, تفکر کرنا
cogitate in Bengali
- গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা
cogitate in Malayalam
- contemplate, think (about), consider
- ആലോചനയിൽ മുഴുകുക, ആലോചിച്ചു നോക്കുക, ആലോചിക്കുക, എന്തിനെയെങ്കിലും പറ്റി ചിന്തിക്കുക, അഗാധചിന്തയിൽ മുഴുകുക, പര്യാലോചിക്കുക
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- cogitate in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಯೋಚಿಸು, ದೀರ್ಘವಾಗಿ ಚಿಂತಿಸು, ಚಿಂತನೆ ಮಾಡು, ಮಥಿಸು
- cogitate in Tagalog
- isaisip
Forms of cogitate
| third-person singular present | cogitates |
|---|---|
| present participle | cogitating |
| past participle | cogitated |
| past | cogitated |
Origin of cogitate
First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin cōgitātus, perfect passive participle of cōgitō (“to think”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from cogitate
Words that rhyme with cogitate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about cogitate
- What does cogitate mean?
- Cogitate means to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- What is cogitate in Tamil?
- Cogitate in Tamil is சிந்தி, யோசி. See Cogitate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cogitate?
- Cogitate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce cogitate?
- Cogitate is pronounced /ˈkəʊdʒɪteɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of cogitate?
- The past tense of cogitate is cogitated.
Words near cogitate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cogitate (page history and authors); cogitate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cogitate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cogitate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cogitate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cogitate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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