Thesaurus / excogitate
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And he had four days a week in which to excogitate new methods of creating a fortune.
THE CARD, A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN THE FIVE TOWNSARNOLD BENNETTNo other author would have taken the trouble to excogitate him, and then treat him so badly.
G. K. CHESTERTON, A CRITICAL STUDYJULIUS WESTHere the little thinker is not often left to excogitate a theory for himself.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYHe must first think and excogitate his matter, then choose his words, and examine the weight of either.
DISCOVERIES MADE UPON MEN AND MATTERBEN JONSONWORDS RELATED TO EXCOGITATE
- argued
- batted it around
- cerebrated
- chewed over
- cogitated
- considered
- consulted
- contemplated
- debated
- excogitated
- hammered away at
- judged
- kicked around
- knocked around
- meditated
- mull over
- mused
- pondered
- poured it on
- put on thinking cap
- racked brains
- ran up a flagpole
- reasoned
- reflected
- revolved
- rolled
- ruminated
- speculated
- stew over
- studied
- sweated over
- talked over
- turned over
- weighed
- argues
- bats it around
- cerebrates
- chews over
- cogitates
- considers
- consults
- contemplates
- debates
- excogitates
- hammers away at
- judges
- kicks around
- knocks around
- meditates
- mull over
- muses
- ponders
- pours it on
- puts on thinking cap
- racks brains
- reasons
- reflects
- revolves
- rolls
- ruminates
- runs up a flagpole
- speculates
- stew over
- studies
- sweats over
- talks over
- turns over
- weighs
- arguing
- batting it around
- cerebrating
- chewing over
- cogitating
- considering
- consulting
- contemplating
- debating
- excogitating
- hammering away at
- judging
- kicking around
- knocking around
- meditating
- mull over
- musing
- pondering
- pouring it on
- putting on thinking cap
- racking brains
- reasoning
- reflecting
- revolving
- rolling
- ruminating
- running up a flagpole
- speculating
- stew over
- studying
- sweating over
- talking over
- turning over
- weighing
- acquiring
- arriving
- assuming
- collecting
- determining
- developing
- drawing
- educing
- elaborating
- eliciting
- evolving
- excogitating
- extracting
- following
- formulating
- gaining
- gathering
- getting
- gleaning
- inferring
- judging
- making
- making out
- obtaining
- procuring
- putting together
- reaching
- receiving
- tracing
- working out
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