excogitate

verb /ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/

1. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.

   The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity.

2. To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

   After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.

Where it comes from

From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry excogitate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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