verb : EXCOGITATING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" ;
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2. (
- chew_over ,
- think_over ,
- meditate ,
- ponder ,
- excogitate ,
- contemplate ,
- muse ,
- reflect ,
- mull ,
- mull_over ,
- ruminate ,
- speculate
) 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" ;
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