Definition of "excogitation" in İngilizce

noun

1. Careful thought or consideration.

   • c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21. […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]
   • 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]