excogitating — ex·cog·i·tate || eks kÉ’dʒɪteɪt v. discover, invent … English contemporary dictionary
Excogitate — Ex*cog i*tatev. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Excogitated — Excogitate Ex*cog i*tatev. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Excogitation — Ex*cog i*ta tion, n. [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Association of Ideas — Association of Ideas, or Mental association, is a term used principally in the history of philosophy and of psychology to refer to explanations about the conditions under which representations arise in consciousness, and also for a principle put… … Wikipedia
excogitate — excogitable /eks koj i teuh beuhl/, adj. excogitation, n. excogitative, adj. excogitator, n. /eks koj i tayt /, v.t., excogitated, excogitating. 1. to think out; devise; invent. 2. to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend… … Universalium
cognitive — Synonyms and related words: cogitative, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, excogitating, ideative, introspective, meditating, meditative, mental, museful … Moby Thesaurus
conceptual — Synonyms and related words: bright, cerebral, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptualized, contemplating, contemplative, creative, deliberating, deliberative, discursive, endopsychic, esemplastic, excogitating … Moby Thesaurus
introspective — Synonyms and related words: absorbed, abstracted, buried in thought, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, engaged in thought,… … Moby Thesaurus
meditative — Synonyms and related words: absent, absentminded, absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, bemused, brooding, buried in, castle building, caught up in, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized,… … Moby Thesaurus
