cognize
to perceive; become conscious of; know.
Origin of cognize
1- 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 EddyWe can only cognize the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.
A Few Words About the Devil | Charles BradlaughMan is more than physical personality, or what we cognize through the material senses.
No and Yes | Mary Baker EddyWe 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?
The Consolation of Philosophy | Boethius
British Dictionary definitions for cognize
cognise
/ (ˈkɒɡnaɪz, kɒɡˈnaɪz) /
(tr) to perceive, become aware of, or know
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