Cogitated (9)
I believe the answer is:
meditated
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cogitated</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(meditating is a kind of cogitating)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for meditated that I've seen before include "pondered" , "Engaged in religious contemplation" , "thought" , "Engaged in spiritual contemplation" .)