excogitate
vt . 想出,研究出,設計,發明
想出,研究出,設計,發明
excogitate v 1 :
come up with (
an idea ,
plan ,
explanation ,
theory ,
or principle )
after a mental effort ; "
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light " [
synonym : {
invent }, {
contrive },
{
devise }, {
excogitate }, {
formulate }, {
forge }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
chew over }, {
think over }, {
meditate }, {
ponder }, {
excogitate }, {
contemplate },
{
muse }, {
reflect }, {
mull }, {
mull over }, {
ruminate },
{
speculate }]
Excogitate \
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imp . &
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p . {
Excogitated };
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pr . &
vb .
n .. {
Excogitating }.] [
L .
excogitatus ,
p .
p .
of excogitare to excogitate ;
ex out cogitare to think .
See {
Cogitate }.]
To think out ;
to find out or discover by thinking ;
to devise ;
to contrive . "
Excogitate strange arts ." --
Stirling .
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1913 Webster ]
This evidence . . .
thus excogitated out of the general theory . --
Whewell .
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Excogitate \
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v .
i .
To cogitate . [
R .] --
Bacon .
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21 Moby Thesaurus words for "
excogitate ":
cogitate ,
contemplate ,
contrive ,
develop ,
educe ,
evolve ,
give thought to ,
invent ,
mind ,
perpend ,
ponder ,
puzzle out ,
reason out ,
sort out ,
study ,
think about ,
think out ,
think over ,
think through ,
think up ,
weigh
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