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excogitate
英 [ɪks'kɒdʒɪteɪt; eks-]
美[ɛks'kɑdʒə,tetɪv]
- vt. 想出；发明；设计
英英释意
- 1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort;
- "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- 2. reflect deeply on a subject;
- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"