cognize
verb (used with object)
to perceive; become conscious of; know.
cognise
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a variation of
cognize.
Example Sentences
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If, on the other hand, the substance changes, then it is not unknowable, or uncognisable, for by cognising its changes we cognise it.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
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 Samuel Butler
It is by the breaks, the turnings in the road that we cognise its course.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Alexander Philip
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 Grant Allen
We can only cognise the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.
From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
