excogitate a way to measure the speed of light.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It's no criticism of your work product, and no one can excogitate the perfect bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2001] Reference

In fact, it must require a considerable effort to excogitate novel labor-saving devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [By Water to the Columbian Exposition] Reference

Not here, pray, I beseech you; but, if I must, suffer me to excogitate these very things on the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clouds] Reference

It is said that at an early age he disliked the Logic of Aristotle, and began to excogitate his system of.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference

Twice or thrice he rose from his chair, paced the room with a determined brow, and sat down again with vigorous clutch of the pen; still he failed to excogitate a single sentence that would serve his purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Grub Street] Reference

It is not essential to excogitate over her asinine rulings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada Free Press] Reference

(from some teacher), or twice discover (i.e. excogitate), the same fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Memory and Reminiscence] Reference

More than this my friend could not tell, so that's w'y I went to excogitate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Ivory] Reference

No other author would have taken the trouble to excogitate him, and then treat him so badly.    From Wordnik.com.  [G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study] Reference

He must first think and excogitate his matter, then choose his words, and examine the weight of either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems] Reference

I tried to arrange my ideas in form and excogitate a speech: they flitted through my brain in odds and ends.    From Wordnik.com.  [The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,] Reference

It is difficult to excogitate a manner (modus) in which this participation of the Divine nature is effected.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

Falconer would, in his wisdom and experience, excogitate some mode of procedure in which he might be able to take a part.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Elginbrod] Reference

But they err who excogitate from it those severe dogmas which express only dreams of the imagination and wishes of the religious spirit.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology] Reference

One morning he went out for a walk beyond the town limits to excogitate the final touches for some sentences that were to annihilate the infidel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casanova's Homecoming] Reference

And so, regardless of the contradictions in which they were involving themselves, they set to work to excogitate a theory of church-constitution to suit their purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference

And to speak generally, in regard of things celestial he set his face against attempts to excogitate the machinery by which the divine power formed its several operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Memorabilia] Reference

It was long before little Isie got to sleep, what with attempting to realize the actual condition of Alec Forbes, and trying to excogitate the best means for his deliverance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference

If but to excogitate a motive for the origin of the document, Drummond was forced to remain; and now he had it, and now he lost it again; and as he was wandering about in his maze, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference

I can almost imagine a learned seminar being convened here in Washington wherein the assembled gogues excogitate precisely how many incoming Hamas missiles will warrant one air strike or more.    From Wordnik.com.  [PrairiePundit] Reference

Yet even Varchi shares the prevailing conviction that the proper method is first to excogitate a perfect political system, and then to impress that like a stamp upon the material of the commonwealth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots] Reference

Yet cause must be assigned, and the best form of words he could excogitate ran thus: 'Family circumstances render it desirable -- almost necessary -- that I should spend the next twelve months in London.    From Wordnik.com.  [Born in Exile] Reference

If but to excogitate a motive for the origin of the document, Drummond was forced to remain; and now he had it, and now he lost it again; and as he was wandering about in his maze, the Countess met him with a 'Good morning, Mr.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference

Then he made an end to envy for the time being, and turned his attention to more pressing concerns; but though he pondered with all his might and main, it seemed impossible to excogitate any way to square his account with P. Sybarite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of Days An Extravaganza] Reference

"Look yere," says I, sittin 'up, "did YOU ever pause to excogitate that if all the hot air you is dispensin' was to be collected together it would fill a balloon big enough to waft you and me over that Bullyvard of Palms to yonder gin mill on the corner? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Nights] Reference

Which didn't prove there was no America "— is not a flop, even if he can excogitate no opposing power to the power of the hotel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bellow's Gift] Reference

I wouldn’t put the question to you for the world, and expose you to the inconvenience of having to — a — excogitate an answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Square] Reference

Perhaps you might put on your casuistic thinking caps and excogitate some credible response, lest they be taken for dunce’s cornets.    From Wordnik.com.  [LawIsCool Exclusive: Mark Steyn Exists : Law is Cool] Reference

So he went away to excogitate further revenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference

Reflect, ponder, excogitate, reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulysses] Reference

"Did you excogitate anything more?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Ivory] Reference

I excogitate ... yet grope I still ... impart, part ... thy part and its part ... so many parts ... and roses ... and songs o 'love ... a lute!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Geste of Duke Jocelyn] Reference

Reuters - President Barack Obama sketched the outlines of a.. http://bit. ly/pf0N excogitate Recall Barack Obama whining the other day how "this isn't about me"? http://tinyurl. com/nf6j2o #TCOT #SGP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference