資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cogitate \Cog"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cogitated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cogitating}.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to
   reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence,
   prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. {Adage}.]
   To engage in continuous thought; to think.

         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.