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Webster 1913 Edition
Excogitation
Ex-cogˊi-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
excogitatio
: cf. F. excogitation
.] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excogitation
EXCOGITA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
excogitation
excogitation
English
Noun
excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)
- Careful thought or consideration.
- 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
- To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]
- 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend