cogitative

[ koj-i-tey-tiv ]

/ ˈkɒdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv /

meditating; contemplating: The cogitative faculty distinguishes humans from animals.

given to meditation; thoughtful: The leaders sat in cogitative silence.

Origin of cogitative

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin cōgitātīvus, equivalent to cōgitāt(us) (see cogitate) + -īvus -ive

cog·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb cog·i·ta·tive·ness, noun

The discriminate procedure, manifestable by the instruments of knowledge, is called the cogitative.

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha |Madhava Acharya
Mr. Rooper walked back to the tavern in a cogitative state of mind.

A Chosen Few |Frank R. Stockton
Sounding the depths of his capacious intellect, his cogitative faculties were "in cogibundity of cogitation."

Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Daniel
Both were self-taught, but one was intensely active, the other cogitative.

Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 |Various

The first eternal being is thus spiritual or “cogitative,” and contains in itself all the perfections that can ever after exist.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 |Various

cogitative

/ (ˈkɒdʒɪtətɪv) /

capable of thinking

thoughtful

cogitatively, adverb cogitativeness, noun