excogitate
(verb)
verb
1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Similar word(s): contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent
Definition categories: creation
2. reflect deeply on a subject
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Similar word(s): contemplate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate
Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think
Sentences with excogitate as a verb:
- After many years of study, he excogitated a solution.