reˈcogitate, v. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. recōgitāre to think over (med.L., to change one's mind), or f. re- + cogitate v.]
† a. intr. To reconsider, change one's mind. Obs. b. To think over again.
| 1651 C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. ii. 29 He cites Origen saying, that Christ did in those words recall his desire, and as it were recogitate. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Recogitate, to weigh and consider in minde earnestly, to think and think again upon some thing. 1920 in Webster. 1932 H. Crane Let. ? Feb. (1965) 401, I had to spend the rest of the day and evening cogitating and recogitating. |
So recogiˈtation [L. recōgitātio]. ? Obs.
| 1615 Jackson Creed iv. viii. §3 So deeply did the recogitation of what he had..heard sink into this true patriot's heart. 1624 Gataker Transubst. 218 A recogitation or a serious consideration and faithfull meditation. |