cognize

[ kog-nahyz ]
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verb (used with object),cog·nized, cog·niz·ing.
  1. to perceive; become conscious of; know.

Origin of cognize

1
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
  • Also especially British, cog·nise .

Other words from cognize

  • cog·niz·er, noun
  • pre·cog·nize, verb (used with object), pre·cog·nized, pre·cog·niz·ing.
  • un·cog·nized, adjective

Words Nearby cognize

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How to use cognize in a sentence

  • Take away matter, and mortal mind could not cognize its own so-called substance, and this so-called mind would have no identity.

    Unity of Good | Mary Baker Eddy
  • We can only cognize the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.

    A Few Words About the Devil | Charles Bradlaugh
  • Man is more than physical personality, or what we cognize through the material senses.

    No and Yes | Mary Baker Eddy
  • We should not seek to perceive an object otherwise than by the faculty that is suitable to cognize it.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • See'st thou, then, how all things in cognizing use rather their own faculty than the faculty of the things which they cognize?

British Dictionary definitions for cognize

cognize

cognise

/ (ˈkɒɡnaɪz, kɒɡˈnaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) to perceive, become aware of, or know

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