Third person singular present tense of excogitate; thinks something out thoroughly or invents something through careful thought.
From 'excogitate' + '-s' (third person singular). Standard present tense conjugation of the Latin-derived verb.
This conjugation shows up mostly in historical texts and philosophical writing, where authors would say a scholar 'excogitates' a new theory—using the word signals respect for genuine intellectual creativity.
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