Excogitate is a verb that means to think out or plan.

The Latin word cogitare (coe gee TAR ay) meaning ‘to think,’ has given birth to a number of English words such as cognition, recognize and cognitive. Our word of the day is a less commonly used synonym of devise. Here’s an example of it use:

Our coach was great at preparing us for our games every week, but as we all learned, it wasn’t enough to get a team ready for the game. You often have to excogitate a way out of challenges created by the other team, and planning things out just wasn’t something he was great at.