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capable of, inclined to, or concerned with thought and reflection
The philosopher distinguished the sensitive faculty from the cogitative faculty.
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cogitatively
Etymology
From Old French cogitatif and Latin cogitativus, from cogitare, 'to think, consider.' The term became especially common in philosophical descriptions of the mind's thinking faculty.