different between reflect vs cogitate

English

Etymology

From Old French reflecter (“to bend back, turn back”), from Latin reflect? (“I reflect”), from re- (“again”) + flect? (“I bend, I curve”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

reflect (third-person singular simple present reflects, present participle reflecting, simple past and past participle reflected)

1. (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.

   A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.

2. (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

   The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.

3. (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

   The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.

4. (intransitive) To be mirrored.

   His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.

5. (transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.

   Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.

6. (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.

   The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.

   The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
8. (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
   • 1985, Justin Richards, Option Lock, page 229:

     Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Derived terms

Translations

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