Obs. [ad. L. excōgitāt-us, pa. pple. of excōgitā-re: see prec.] Used as pa. pple. of prec.
1531. Elyot, Gov., II. vii. What noble statutes, ordinances, and actes of counsaile from time to time haue bene excogitate.
1542. Henry VIII., Declar. Scots, 196. It appereth a playne deuise only excogitate for a delay.
1689. trans. Buchanan’s De Jure Regni apud Scotos, 30. Honour … can be told or excogitate to be in any Man.
