EXCOGITATE

invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

excogitate (third-person singular simple present excogitates, present participle excogitating, simple past and past participle excogitated)

To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.

To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*cog"i*tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] Etym: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.]

Definition: To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell.

Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i.

Definition: To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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