Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cogitate
Participle: cogitated
Gerund: cogitating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cogitate |
| you | cogitate |
| he;she;it | cogitates |
| we | cogitate |
| you | cogitate |
| they | cogitate |
Perfect
| I | have cogitated |
| you | have cogitated |
| he;she;it | has cogitated |
| we | have cogitated |
| you | have cogitated |
| they | have cogitated |
Past
| I | cogitated |
| you | cogitated |
| he;she;it | cogitated |
| we | cogitated |
| you | cogitated |
| they | cogitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had cogitated |
| you | had cogitated |
| he;she;it | had cogitated |
| we | had cogitated |
| you | had cogitated |
| they | had cogitated |
Future
| I | will cogitate |
| you | will cogitate |
| he;she;it | will cogitate |
| we | will cogitate |
| you | will cogitate |
| they | will cogitate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cogitated |
| you | will have cogitated |
| he;she;it | will have cogitated |
| we | will have cogitated |
| you | will have cogitated |
| they | will have cogitated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cogitate |
| you | cogitate |
| he;she;it | cogitate |
| we | cogitate |
| you | cogitate |
| they | cogitate |
Perfect
| I | have cogitated |
| you | have cogitated |
| he;she;it | have cogitated |
| we | have cogitated |
| you | have cogitated |
| they | have cogitated |
Imperfect
| I | cogitated |
| you | cogitated |
| he;she;it | cogitated |
| we | cogitated |
| you | cogitated |
| they | cogitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had cogitated |
| you | had cogitated |
| he;she;it | had cogitated |
| we | had cogitated |
| you | had cogitated |
| they | had cogitated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cogitate |
| you | would cogitate |
| he;she;it | would cogitate |
| we | would cogitate |
| you | would cogitate |
| they | would cogitate |
Perfect
| I | would have cogitated |
| you | would have cogitated |
| he;she;it | would have cogitated |
| we | would have cogitated |
| you | would have cogitated |
| they | would have cogitated |
Imperative
| you | cogitate |
| we | Let's cogitate |
| you | cogitate |
Verbs conjugated like 'cogitate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cogitate'
rogitate,
agitate,
capitate,
cavitate,
coaptate,
constate,
cooptate,
corotate,
digitate,
excogitate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin cōgitātus, perfect passive participle of cōgitō (“to think”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "cogitate"
Spanish
cuidar.
Sample Sentences
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He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. [1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:]
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Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit. [1953, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Kismet:]
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As a theoretical physicist, Dirac didn’t need a lab to do his work; all he needed was a pencil, because his most finely calibrated instrument was his mind’s eye. When he was young, a teacher told him that she felt he was cogitating not in words but in “another medium of forms and figures.” He once described his own thoughts as essentially “geometrical.” [2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 37:]