Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excogitate

/ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-co-gi-ta-te
IPA: /ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.

verb

To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

Example Sentences

"The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity."
"Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death."
"After many years of study, he excogitated a solution."
"This evidence […] thus excogitated out of the general theory."

Etymology

From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: excōgitāre

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/
British English: /ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/

Inflected Forms

excogitates (present, singular) excogitating (participle, present) excogitated (participle, past) excogitated (past)

Derived Forms

unexcogitated

Synonyms

chew over think over meditate ponder contemplate muse reflect mull mull over ruminate speculate

Questions

How do you pronounce excogitate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/.
What does excogitate mean?: To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
Where does excogitate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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