cognize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cognize
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
Example Sentences
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Everywhere that things exist, they may be paralleled by Intelligences that cognize them.
From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.
But I cannot for this reason say that I cognize this property of a straight line from principles—I cognize it only in pure intuition.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
We cannot think any object except by means of the categories; we cannot cognize any thought except by means of intuitions corresponding to these conceptions.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
As if conception could possibly occur except for a teleological purpose, except to show us the way from a state of things our senses cognize to another state of things our will desires!
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
An evil material mind, so-called, can conceive of God only as like itself, and knowing both evil and good; but a purely good and spiritual consciousness has no sense whereby to cognize evil.
From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker
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