cognize

[ kog-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, cog·nized, cog·niz·ing.

1. to perceive; become conscious of; know.

cognize

/ kɒɡˈnaɪz; ˈkɒɡnaɪz /

verb

1. tr to perceive, become aware of, or know

Other Words From

• cogniz·er noun
• pre·cognize verb (used with object) precognized precognizing
• un·cognized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cognize¹

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

We can only cognize the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.

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Man is more than physical personality, or what we cognize through the material senses.

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We should not seek to perceive an object otherwise than by the faculty that is suitable to cognize it.

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See'st thou, then, how all things in cognizing use rather their own faculty than the faculty of the things which they cognize?

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Related Words

• appreciate
• experience
• have
• learn
• notice
• perceive
• realize
• recognize
• see