excogitate

Dictionary: ex·cog·i·tate (ĭk-skŏj'ĭ-tāt') pronunciation

tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.
To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.

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

excogitation ex·cog'i·ta'tion n.
excogitative ex·cog'i·ta'tive adj.

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verb

To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull, muse¹, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts.
To arrive at through reasoning: derive, educe, evolve. See reason/unreason.

Antonyms: excogitate

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Definition: think about seriously
Antonyms: disregard, ignore

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
Synonyms: invent, contrive, devise, formulate, forge

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