cogitate
verb
[ ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt ]
• think deeply about something; meditate or reflect.
• "he stroked his beard and retired to cogitate"
Similar:
think (about),
contemplate,
consider,
give thought to,
give consideration to,
mull over,
meditate (on),
muse (on),
ponder (on/over),
reflect (on),
deliberate (about/on),
ruminate (about/on/over),
dwell on,
brood (on/over),
agonize (over),
worry (about),
chew over,
puzzle (over),
speculate about,
weigh up,
revolve,
turn over in one's mind,
review,
study,
be in a brown study,
put on one's thinking cap,
pore on,
cerebrate,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin cogitat- ‘considered’, from the verb cogitare, from co- ‘together’ + agitare ‘turn over, consider’.
