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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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
Its states, its behaviour under varying circumstances, that is to say the characteristics of its motions, are all that we can cognise in respect of matter.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
We can only cognise the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.
From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
In general, wherever we cognise the relation of distinguishing attribute and thing distinguished thereby, the two clearly present themselves to our mind as absolutely different.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
