Citations:rogitate
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English citations of rogitate
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- 1735 — P. Monger, Kick him Jenny: A Tale : To which is Added, Fagg him Salley, &c. A Merry Tale, page 7
- In bolder Terms he wou'd addreſs her,
And eagerly to Marriage preſs her,
[…]
His ardent Love for Jane was ſuch,
Poor Roger rogitated much.
- In bolder Terms he wou'd addreſs her,
- 2010 — Morgan Benson, The Mating Rituals of the Burning Giraffe, page 237
- Just as he was leaving, though, one of the rorschach women, the one with triangular glasses, let up on her officialism and called out to him, as she knew what question he rogitated, “I think he's done, but he won't be in until tomorrow, the chairman.”
- 2012 — Mark Forsyth, The Horologicon, page 60
- You don't need to kill your boss, of course, but a bit of calculated glavering and flattery will take the bitter edge off any rogitating you happen to do […]