COGITATIVE


Meaning of COGITATIVE in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.