EXCOGITATE
Ex*cog"i*tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n..
Excogitating.] Etym: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to
excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.]
Defn: To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise;
to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory.
Whewell.
EXCOGITATE
Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i.
Defn: To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.
EXCOGITATION
Ex*cog`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.]
Defn: The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
EXCOMMUNE
Ex`com*mune" v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. excommuier. See Excommunicate.]
Defn: To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.]
Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton.
EXCOMMUNICABLE
Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [See Excommunicate.]
Defn: Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making
excommunication possible or proper. "Persons excommunicable ." Bp.
Hall.
What offenses are excommunicable Kenle.