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cogitative

[ koj-i-tey-tiv ]

adjective

  1. meditating; contemplating:

    The cogitative faculty distinguishes humans from animals.

  2. given to meditation; thoughtful:

    The leaders sat in cogitative silence.



ˈcogitative

/ ˈkɒdʒɪtətɪv /

adjective

  1. capable of thinking
  2. thoughtful
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcogitativeness, noun
  • ˈcogitatively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • cogi·tative·ly adverb
  • cogi·tative·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cogitative1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin cōgitātīvus, equivalent to cōgitāt(us) ( cogitate ) + -īvus adjective suffix ( -ive )
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Example Sentences

His hands were clasped behind him, and his head was bent down as if he were in a profoundly cogitative mood.

Sounding the depths of his capacious intellect, his cogitative faculties were "in cogibundity of cogitation."

The first eternal being is thus spiritual or “cogitative,” and contains in itself all the perfections that can ever after exist.

The practical intellect is again divided into the cogitative and the technological.

Mr. Rooper walked back to the tavern in a  cogitative state of mind.

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cogitationcogito, ergo sum