cogitate

verb

/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/

/ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪt/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cogitate	/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪt/
he / she / it cogitates	/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪts/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪts/
past simple cogitated	/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪd/
past participle cogitated	/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form cogitating	/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪŋ/

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cogitate (about/on something) to think carefully about something仔细思考；慎重考虑；深思熟虑
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin cogitat- ‘considered’, from the verb cogitare, from co- ‘together’ + agitare ‘turn over, consider’.

BNC: 0 COCA: 42191

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