ˈkäjəˌtā]d.iv, -_tə], ]tiv, -ēv\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French cogitatif, from Medieval Latin cogitativus, from Latin cogitatus + -ivus -ive
1.
a. : of or relating to cogitation
the cogitative faculty
b. : possessing the faculty or power of thinking or meditating
man is a cogitative being
2. : marked by or given to cogitation
eyes … hardly cogitative in their gaze — Anne D. Sedgwick
the mere cogitative pagans of the twenties — Wylie Sypher