excogitate

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  1. transitive verb To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.

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  1. Latin excōgitāre, excōgitāt-, to find out by thinking : ex-, ex- + cōgitāre, to think; see cogitate.

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  1. from Latin excogitatus, past participle of excogitare (later Italian escogitare = Spanish Portuguese excogitar = Old French excogiter), think out, contrive, devise, from ex, out, + cogitare, think: see cogitate.
 

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/ɛksˈkɑdʒɪteɪt/
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