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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.Definition 2024
cogitation
cogitation
English
Noun
cogitation (countable and uncountable, plural cogitations)
- (uncountable) The process of cogitating; thought, deliberation or meditation
- (countable) A carefully considered thought
Quotations
- 1848 Basil Montagu - The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author by Basil Montagu - Page 212
- Aristotle saith well, "Words are the images of cogitations, and letters are the images of words"
Translations
process of cogitating
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