a. [f. EXCOGITATE v. + -IVE.] Adapted for, concerned with, or having the power of excogitating.
1846. H. Rogers, Ess., I. iv. 170. In mathematics, where the demands on the excogitative faculties are so great.
1864. Sala, in Daily Tel., 23 Nov., 5/4. I had an acute excogitative ability. I could reason out an idea.
