different between cogitation vs excogitation

English

Etymology

Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin c?git?ti?, c?git?ti?nem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation. All ultimately from verbal construction c?git?tus +? -i?, from the perfect passive participle of Latin c?git? (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”), frequentative verb from con- (“together, with”) +? agit? (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), root from Proto-Italic *ag? (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?j'?-t??sh?n, kä'j?-t??sh?n, k?j'?-t??sh?n
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?d??.??te?.??n/, /?k??.d????te?.??n/, /?k??d??.??te?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?d??.??te?.??n?/, /?k??.d????te?.??n?/, /?ko?d??.??te?.??n?/

Noun

cogitation (countable and uncountable, plural cogitations)

1. (uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
2. (countable) A carefully considered thought, idea, notion.

Quotations

Related terms

• cogitable
• cogitate
• cogitative

Translations

Further reading

• cogitation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cogitation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

Latinate learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis (“act of pondering; reflection”), supplanting or reshaping variant forms from Middle French cogitatiun, Old French cogitaciun, cogitacion, from Vulgar Latin c?git?ti?, c?git?ti?nem; compare Middle English cogitacioun, English cogitation. Ultimately from Latin c?git? (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”) from con- (“together, with”) +? agit? (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), verbal root from Proto-Italic *ag? (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

cogitation f (plural cogitations)

1. cogitation

Further reading

• “cogitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin excogitatio.

Noun

excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)

1. Careful thought or consideration.
   • c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.

     […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]

   • 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

     To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]

Related terms

• excogitate

French

Etymology

From Latin excogitatio

Pronunciation

Noun

excogitation f (plural excogitations)

1. excogitation

Related terms

• excogiter