cognise
- a variation of cognize.
Example Sentences
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It is by the breaks, the turnings in the road that we cognise its course.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander
The koilon is to us non-manifestation, because we have not unfolded powers which enable us to cognise it, and it may be the manifestation of a loftier order of Logoi, utterly beyond our ken.
From Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by Sinnett, A. P.
Does it not seem as though, since the motions or states are all that we cognise, they should be all that we need take account of?
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel
We can only cognise the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
I don't think anybody who does me the honour to cognise my humble individuality at all will ever be likely to mistake me for a laudator temporis acti.
From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant
