The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention;contrivance.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/27809/excogitationRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 04:53:46 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 03:20:35 GMT60thinking something out carefully as to achieve complete [comprehension] of it;
[conception], invention;
Excogitation means the act of thinking or studying intensely,
and hence the result of thinking; a contrivance.
Excogitation is from excogitate
to think out; devise; study intensely,
derived ultimately from Latin excogitare.
It is first found in English in the early [sixteenth] century.

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