Ex-cŏg'i-tāte, v. t.

(eks-kŏj'i-tāte), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCOGITATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCOGITATING.] [Lat. excogitare, excogitatum, from ex, out, and cogitare, to think. See COGITATE.] To think out; to discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. “Excogitate strange arts.” Sterling.