Meaning & use
Cogitated
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Thought deeply and carefully about something; pondered or reflected on a matter.
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She cogitated for hours before deciding to accept the job offer.
He sat quietly on the porch, cogitating over the strange letter he'd received.
A note on using this word
Cogitated comes from the Latin cogitare, 'to think,' the same root that gives us 'cogent' and, distantly, Descartes's phrase 'cogito, ergo sum.'
Words with a similar meaning
ponderedcontemplateddeliberated
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