different between cogitate vs compulsory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?git?t-, the perfect passive participial stem of the verb c?git? (“I think”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k??j?t?t, IPA^(key): /?k??d??te?t/, /?k?d??te?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?d??te?t/, /?k?d??te?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

cogitate (third-person singular simple present cogitates, present participle cogitating, simple past and past participle cogitated)

1. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

   • He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.

   • 1953, Robert Wright and George Forrest, Kismet

     Think, ladies! Cogitate! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.

2. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• cogibundity
• cogitation
• metacogitate

Translations

Italian

Verb

cogitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of cogitare
2. second-person plural imperative of cogitare
3. feminine plural of cogitato

Latin

Verb

c?git?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?git?

Participle

c?git?te

1. vocative masculine singular of c?git?tus

References

• cogitate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cogitate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cogitate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m-p?l's?-r? IPA^(key): /k?m?p?ls?ri/

Adjective

compulsory (comparative more compulsory, superlative most compulsory)

1. Required; obligatory; mandatory.
   • 1827, A. D. Jr., Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A. and C. Black, page 212:

     They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.
2. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Synonyms

• mandatory

Antonyms

• (required): optional

Translations

Noun

compulsory (plural compulsories)

1. Something that is compulsory or required.