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Webster 1913 Edition
Cogitation
Cogˊi-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
cogitatio
: cf. F. cogitation
.] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
“Fixed in cogitation deep.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cogitation
COGITATION
, n.1.
The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.2.
Thought directed to an object; purpose.