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cogitation
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)
- (uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
- (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)
- cogitation
Further reading
- “cogitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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pondering
English
Verb
pondering
- present participle of ponder
Noun
pondering (plural ponderings)
- Ruminations.
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