v. t. To think over; to plan. [ 1913 Webster ]
He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
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. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>v. t.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cogitate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See Pre-, and Cogitate. ] To cogitate beforehand. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]