cogitativeadj.
/ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪv/ 1. Having the power or faculty of thought; thinking (as a permanent attribute).
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adjective]
weeningc1391
cogitative1490
busy-headeda1555
busy-brained1573
thinking1606
thoughtsome1627
cogitanta1680
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxvii. 104 The swete balle of the eye whiche is..juge of the colours by reflection obgectyf, whiche she bryngeth vnto the Impression cogytyue of the entendement.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ejv In the myddle ventrycle is put the cogitatyfe and racyonall [vertue].
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 135 The cogitatiue or knowing soule.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. x. 314 Sensible, thinking, perceiving Beings..which..we will hereafter call cogitative..Beings.
1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 321 Belief is more properly an act of the sensitive, than of the cogitative part of our natures.
2. Given to cogitation; thoughtful, meditative.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]
thoughtfulc1175
contemplative1340
considerativec1449
musing1449
studient1532
pondering1566
contemplatory1576
speculative1578
considerate1581
reflective1581
theorical1594
theoric?1600
theoretical1608
meditative1611
thoughtsome1627
reflexive1630
reflecting1632
revolutive1637
cogitativea1639
thoughtive1654
lucubratory1656
thinkful1668
theoretic1701
ruminatinga1704
reflectious1715
ruminative1774
thinking1799
meditative1831
ruminant1849
meditational1864
penseful1865
a1639 H. Wotton Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham: Parallel in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 16 The Earl had the closer and more reserved Countenance; being by nature somewhat more cogitative.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 151 He is said to be very thoughtful and cogitative.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. iii. 68 That Column has stood cogitative.
1884 Good Words May 324/2 After a cogitative pause.
Derivatives
ˈcogitatively adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adverb]
contemplativelyc1450
contemplative1581
musingly1611
cogitabundly1659
cogitatively1731
meditatingly1753
meditatively1790
contemplatingly1801
musefullya1810
speculatively1883
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Cogitatively, thoughtfully, considerately.
1888 M. Connor Husband & Wife I. x. 139 ‘What an admirable room for a study!’ pursued M. Flamant cogitatively.
ˈcogitativeness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun]
witOE
thoughtOE
cogitation1557
thinkingness1672
thinkfulness1674
thoughtsomeness1674
cogitativity1722
cogitancy1759
maiden-thought1818
cogitativeness1823
thought centre1846
thought-consciousness1901
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > state or quality of
penseec1485
thoughtfulness1594
reflexivenessa1651
considerateness1651
reflectedness1688
reflectivenessa1703
considerativeness1710
contemplativeness1727
cogitativeness1823
meditativenessa1834
submergence1872
brood1895
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 158 The bumps of cogitativeness and inquisitiveness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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