escogitare — meaning in English

English meaning

• contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
• devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
• speculate verb To guess or form a theory about something without having solid proof.

Senses

escogitare is used for these senses in English:

• come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
• devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
• speculate (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

contrive — full definition

1. verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
2. verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
3. verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
4. verb To spend (time, or a period).

devise — full definition

1. verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
2. verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.

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