Excogitation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excogitation \Ex*cog`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. excogitatio: cf. F.
     excogitation.]
     The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts;
     invention; contrivance.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excogitation
       n 1: thinking something out with care in order to achieve
            complete understanding of it
       2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {invention}, {innovation},
           {conception}, {design}]