excogitate
英 [?ks'k?d??te?t; eks-]
美[?ks'kɑd??,tet?v]
- vt. 想出；發(fā)明；設(shè)計
英英釋意
- 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"