cogitate

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To assume is to cogitate is to choose, on whatever grounds and by whatever characteristics.

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To take careful thought or think carefully about; ponder. See Synonyms at think.

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  • Cool terms: "cogitate", "cul-de-sac", "high dudgeon", "orangutan".
  • With their opposable thumbs and limited ability to cogitate, the sanitation problems related to factory “farming†would be largely eliminated as the chimeras could use toilets and clean up after themselves.
  • My report from Manila, live and in person! cogitate - Posted on April 7th, 2009 —  SwampBubbles - News, Politics, Reports
  • As we cogitate, what comes to mind is that we can and ought to help the human species in its grand march along the trail of Darwinian evolution to a shining super-morality -- and not only help the species but also help ourselves in our current time of hardship. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • To assume is to cogitate is to choose, on whatever grounds and by whatever characteristics. —  Salem-News.com
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin cōgitāre, cōgitāt- : co-, intensive pref.; see co- + agitāre, to consider; see agitate.

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  1. from Latin cōgitatus, past participle of cōgitare (later Italian cogitare = Spanish Portuguese cogitar = Old French cogiter), consider, ponder, weigh, think upon, prob. a contr. (as cōgete for *coigere, *coagere) for *coigitare, for co-agitare (which occurs later as a new formation in literally sense ‘shake together’), from co-, together, + agitare, shake: see co- and agitate.
 

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/ˈkɑdʒɪteɪt/
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