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precogitate

precogitate verb: to cogitate beforehand.

Verb

precogitate (third-person singular simple present precogitates, present participle precogitating, simple past and past participle precogitated)

  1. To cogitate beforehand.
    • […]without any precogitated and resolved mallice1627, William PRYNNE, The Perpetuitie of a Regenerate Mans Estate; wherein it is manifestly proved ... That such as are once truly regenerated ... can neither finally nor totally fall from grace...

Forms of precogitate

third-person singular presentprecogitates
present participleprecogitating
past participleprecogitated
pastprecogitated

Origin of precogitate

Borrowed from Latin praecōgitātus, perfect passive participle of praecōgitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. By surface analysis, pre- + cogitate.

Questions about precogitate

What does precogitate mean?
Precogitate means to cogitate beforehand.
What part of speech is precogitate?
Precogitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of precogitate?
The past tense of precogitate is precogitated.

Words near precogitate in the dictionary

  1. precoder
  2. precoders
  3. precodes
  4. precoding
  5. precog
  6. precogitate
  7. precogitated
  8. precogitates
  9. precogitating
  10. precogitation
  11. precogitations

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