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<i>Bp. Watson.</i>

<h1>Coggle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cog</er> small boat.]</ety> <def>A small fishing boat.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Coggle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"gle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cobble</er> a cobblestone.]</ety> <def>A cobblestone.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Cogitability</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog`i*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.</def>

<h1>Cogitable</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"i*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cogitabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>cogitare</ets> to think.]</ety> <def>Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable.</def>

<blockquote>Creation is <b>cogitable</b> by us only as a putting forth of divine power. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cogitabund</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"i*ta*bund`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cogitabundus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Full of thought; thoughtful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Leigh Hunt.</i>

<h1>Cogitate</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cogitated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cogitating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>cogitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cogitare</ets> to reflect upon, prob. fr. <ets>co-</ets> + the root of <ets>aio</ets> I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. <er>Adage</er>.]</ety> <def>To engage in continuous thought; to think.</def>

<blockquote>He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, <b>cogitateth</b> and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also <b>cogitateth</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cogitate</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"i*tate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To think over; to plan.</def>

<blockquote>He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did <b>cogitate</b> nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cogitation</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cogitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cogitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.</def> "Fixed in <i>cogitation</i> deep."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Cogitative</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"i*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>cogitativus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating.</def> "<i>Cogitative</i> faculties."

<i>Wollaston.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Given to thought or contemplation.</def>

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