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Excogitate

verb
(past & past part. excogitated; pres. part. excogitating)
1.
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.  Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent.
2.
Reflect deeply on a subject.  Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over.  "Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years" , "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"





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Words linked to "Excogitate" :   puzzle, excogitative, cogitate, create by mental act, create mentally, bethink, consider, think, theologize, theologise, premeditate, cerebrate, question, excogitation, study, excogitator, introspect, wonder


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