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cogitating

cogitating is the present participle and gerund 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.

Words formed from cogitating

Questions about cogitating

What is cogitating the present participle and gerund of?
Cogitating is the present participle and gerund of cogitate.

Words near cogitating in the dictionary

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

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