CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCOGITATE
PRESENT
Present
I excogitate
you excogitate
he/she/it excogitates
we excogitate
you excogitate
they excogitate
Present continuous
I am excogitating
you are excogitating
he/she/it is excogitating
we are excogitating
you are excogitating
they are excogitating
Present perfect
I have excogitated
you have excogitated
he/she/it has excogitated
we have excogitated
you have excogitated
they have excogitated
Present perfect continuous
I have been excogitating
you have been excogitating
he/she/it has been excogitating
we have been excogitating
you have been excogitating
they have been excogitating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I excogitated
you excogitated
he/she/it excogitated
we excogitated
you excogitated
they excogitated
Past continuous
I was excogitating
you were excogitating
he/she/it was excogitating
we were excogitating
you were excogitating
they were excogitating
Past perfect
I had excogitated
you had excogitated
he/she/it had excogitated
we had excogitated
you had excogitated
they had excogitated
Past perfect continuous
I had been excogitating
you had been excogitating
he/she/it had been excogitating
we had been excogitating
you had been excogitating
they had been excogitating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will excogitate
you will excogitate
he/she/it will excogitate
we will excogitate
you will excogitate
they will excogitate
Future continuous
I will be excogitating
you will be excogitating
he/she/it will be excogitating
we will be excogitating
you will be excogitating
they will be excogitating
Future perfect
I will have excogitated
you will have excogitated
he/she/it will have excogitated
we will have excogitated
you will have excogitated
they will have excogitated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been excogitating
you will have been excogitating
he/she/it will have been excogitating
we will have been excogitating
you will have been excogitating
they will have been excogitating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would excogitate
you would excogitate
he/she/it would excogitate
we would excogitate
you would excogitate
they would excogitate
Conditional continuous
I would be excogitating
you would be excogitating
he/she/it would be excogitating
we would be excogitating
you would be excogitating
they would be excogitating
Conditional perfect
I would have excogitate
you would have excogitate
he/she/it would have excogitate
we would have excogitate
you would have excogitate
they would have excogitate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been excogitating
you would have been excogitating
he/she/it would have been excogitating
we would have been excogitating
you would have been excogitating
they would have been excogitating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you excogitate
we let´s excogitate
you excogitate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
excogitated
Present Participle
excogitating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCOGITATE»
Discover the use of
excogitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
excogitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
In his incomparable warres and busynes almost incredible, he Idesarl dydde
excogitate most excellent pollycies and deuyses, to vanquish or subdewe his
enneniyes. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 23. He must Bret think, and excogitate
his ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
2
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
In his incomparable warres and busynes almost incredible, he [Caesar] dydde
excogitate most excellent pollycies and deuyses, to vanquish or subdewe his
ennemyes. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 28. He must first think, and excogitate
his ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
3
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In his incomparable warres and busynes almost incredible, he [Caesar] dydde
excogitate most excellent pollycies unci tlctiyses, ti> vanquish or subdowe his
ennemyos. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 23. He must first think, and excogitate
his ...
4
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
In his Incomparable warres and busynes almost Incredible, he [Cajsar] dydde
excogitate most excellent pollycles and deuyses, to vanquish or subdowe his
ennemyes. Sir T. Elyot, The Oovemour, i. 28. He must first think, and excogitate
his ...
5
The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete ...
Excogitate (eks-ko'Jit-at), o.i. To cogitate; to endeavour to And out or exhaust a
subject by thinking. Bacon. Excogitation (eks-ko'jit-a"shon), n. Invention;
contrivance; the act of devising in the thoughts. The labour of excogitation is too
violent to ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
6
Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Excogitate. (1) contrive; devise; discover; find; invent; study or think something
through carefully and in detail Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) “By evening, there
were still groupsfighting in the outlying neighborhoods. Fires and looting were ...
7
A Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English ...
Boiled up ; made by boiling. | by boiling. EXCOCTING,eks-k6kt-lng,ppr. Boiling
up: making EXCOGITATE, eks-kojilt-4't, r*. To invent. EXCOGITATE, eks-k6j-lt-4't,
vi. To think. EXCOGITATED, eks-koj^lt-4't-ed, pp. Contrived struck out by thinking.
8
The standard American encyclopedia of arts, sciences, ...
Act or practice of being ex* elusive or fastidióle in the choice of associates. —
Exclasory, eks-kln'so-ri, a. Exclusive; excluding; able to exclude. Excogitate, eka-
koj i-tat, v.L— excogitated. excogitating. [L. excogito — ex, out, and cogitOy to
think.) ...
9
Vagrancy, Homelessness, and English Renaissance Literature
The soft-on-crime judge familiar to rogue literature appears as well in this
humanist treatise: Consider semblably what noble statutes, ordinances, and acts
of council from time to time have been excogitate, and by grave study and mature
...
10
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
excogitate. only, save 5 debar 6 bating, beside, exempt, object, reject, saving,
unless 7 barring, besides, exclude, however, outside, protest, rule out, suspend 8
count out, pass over 9 apart from, aside from, eliminate, excluding, outside of 1 1
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCOGITATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
excogitate is used in the context of the following news items.
Runyon's Way
We often discuss writing while we excogitate, and imbibiate, and commiserate about the books we wish to write but haven't. A wry and gentle ... «Commonweal, Jun 15»
Polysemic Language, Democratization, and the Empowerment of …
... interpretation promoted by the author or king, but, rather, to excogitate upon the linguistic nature of the object and its multivalence and expansive potentiality. «Student Pulse, Jun 15»
Pat Bridges on the evolution of Superpark
We had the pleasure of talking with Pat Bridges to discuss the excogitate nature of Superpark and The Launch, their effects on the younger ... «Transworld Business, Apr 15»
Anti-terrorism working group holds meeting in Islamabad
The group will forward its recommendations to the NAPC in order to excogitate anti-terror action plan. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Director ... «News Tribe, Dec 14»
Salvador Perez: The original Jonathan Singleton
... and some agents -- like Singleton's representative Matt Sosnick -- have little motivation to excogitate the long-term welfare of their clients, ... «Royals Review, Jun 14»
Big Words Are Fading, But Many People Still Love Them
Words that he saves for people he knows well include "perfidiousness," "excogitate," "perspicacious" and "remunerative." "Big words have an ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 14»
'Never Again' in Rwanda
Have you ever take a fraction of a second to excogitate on what makes Kigali to be cleaner that most of other towns? It does not come cheap on ... «Algemeiner, Aug 13»
52 Methods: How To Get Your Tweets Retweeted
You still need to keep your tweets short – just excogitate your vernacular to satiate your Followers' desires. (ok, maybe not that much…) 12. «Business 2 Community, Jul 13»
Has The Universe Stopped Producing New Stars?
... although it makes logical sense, it's just that our universe has SO MUCH going on, now device could excogitate our entire universe; most of ... «TIME, Nov 12»
Consequences Of War With Iran
But, another major factor to excogitate is the role of speculation in the oil markets. Today, unlike days past, oil markets are not driven simply by ... «Payvand, Sep 12»
