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cogitation

co·gi·ta·tion

UK/ˌkɒd͡ʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ US/ˌkɒː.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a carefully considered thought about something

  • “his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook”
2.

attentive consideration and meditation

  • “after much cogitation he rejected the offer”
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Origin

Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin cōgitātiō, cōgitātiōnem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation. All ultimately from verbal construction cōgitātus + -iō, from the perfect passive participle of Latin cōgitō (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”), frequentative verb from con- (“together, with”) + agitō (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), root from Proto-Italic *agō (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

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