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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]