Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excogitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excogitation \Ex*cog`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. excogitatio: cf. F.
excogitation.]
The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts;
invention; contrivance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excogitation
n 1: thinking something out with care in order to achieve
complete understanding of it
2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {invention}, {innovation},
{conception}, {design}]
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