The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cogitative \Cog"i*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. LL. cogitativus.]
Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. ``Cogitative faculties.''
--Wollaston.Given to thought or contemplation.
--Sir H. Wotton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Old French cogitatif (14c.), from Medieval Latin cogitativus, from Latin cogitare (see cogitation).
Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, inclined to or capable of cogitation
WordNet
adj. of or relating to having capacities for cogitation; "the cogitative faculty"
given to cogitation; "he looked at me with cogitative eyes"
Usage examples of "cogitative".
Then he waited, chatting occasionally with the shipboard cogitative system.
There was nothing in the system except the functional cogitative software and his own data, loaded from slivers.
Then hir waited, chatting occasionally with the shipboard cogitative system.