Associations to the word «Excogitate»

Wiktionary

EXCOGITATE, verb. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
EXCOGITATE, verb. To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

Dictionary definition

EXCOGITATE, verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light".
EXCOGITATE, verb. Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky