Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a carefully considered thought about something;
- Example: "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook"2.
attentive consideration and meditation;
- Example: "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"[syn: cogitation, study]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cogitation \Cog`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. cogitatio: cf. F.
cogitation.]
The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
"Fixed in cogitation deep." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cogitation
n 1: a carefully considered thought about something; "his
cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook"
2: attentive consideration and meditation; "after much
cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: cogitation,
study]