excogitation
English
Etymology
From Latin excogitatio.
Noun
excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)
- Careful thought or consideration.
- c. 1672, William Petty -
Political Arithmetick, p. 21. - […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]
- 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
- To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]
- c. 1672, William Petty -
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