Cōg'i·tāte, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. COGITATED; p. pr. & vb. n. COGITATING.] [Lat. cogitare, to pursue something in the mind, to think, contracted from coagitare, from co and agitare, to agitate, q. v.] To engage in continuous thought; to reflect.

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. Bacon.