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
- apply oneself
- bone up
- brood over
- burn midnight oil
- bury oneself in
- coach
- cogitate
- consider
- crack the books
- cram
- dig
- dive into
- examine
- excogitate
- go into
- go over
- grind
- hit the books
- inquire
- learn
- learn the ropes
- meditate
- mind
- mull over
- perpend
- peruse
- plug
- plunge
- polish up
- ponder
- pore over
- read
- read up
- refresh
- think
- think out
- think over
- tutor
- weigh
- appraise
- brood
- build castles in air
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- consider
- contemplate
- daydream
- debate
- deliberate
- dwell
- evaluate
- examine
- excogitate
- figure
- give thought to
- meditate
- mind
- moon
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- noodle around
- perpend
- pipe-dream
- put on thinking cap
- puzzle over
- reason
- reflect
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- speculate
- study
- think out
- think over
- turn over
- weigh
- woolgather
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