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cogitates

cogitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cogitate.

Meaning of cogitate

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.
    • 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...
  2. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

Questions about cogitates

What is cogitates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cogitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cogitate.

Words near cogitates in the dictionary

  1. cogitabund
  2. cogitabundity
  3. cogitant
  4. cogitate
  5. cogitated
  6. cogitates
  7. cogitateth
  8. cogitating
  9. cogitatingly
  10. cogitation
  11. cogitations

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