excogitate
[ eks-koj-i-teyt ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR EXCOGITATE
Here the little thinker is not often left to excogitate a theory for himself.
He must first think and excogitate his matter, then choose his words, and examine the weight of either.
And he had four days a week in which to excogitate new methods of creating a fortune.
No other author would have taken the trouble to excogitate him, and then treat him so badly.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR EXCOGITATE
- argue
- bat it around
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- debate
- excogitate
- hammer away at
- judge
- kick around
- knock around
- meditate
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- pour it on
- put on thinking cap
- rack brains
- reason
- reflect
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run up a flagpole
- speculate
- stew over
- study
- sweat over
- talk over
- turn over
- weigh
- argue
- bat it around
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- debate
- excogitate
- hammer away at
- judge
- kick around
- knock around
- meditate
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- pour it on
- put on thinking cap
- rack brains
- reason
- reflect
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run up a flagpole
- speculate
- stew over
- study
- sweat over
- talk over
- turn over
- weigh
- argue
- bat it around
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- debate
- excogitate
- hammer away at
- judge
- kick around
- knock around
- meditate
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- pour it on
- put on thinking cap
- rack brains
- reason
- reflect
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run up a flagpole
- speculate
- stew over
- study
- sweat over
- talk over
- turn over
- weigh
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