cognize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- cognizer noun
- precognize verb (used with object)
- uncognized adjective
Etymology
Origin of cognize
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
Example Sentences
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To things as things in themselves, conformability to law must necessarily belong independently of an understanding to cognize them.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
The source of this spiritual Omniscience we may not, in our finite intelligence, fully cognize, because full cognition would preclude the possibility of finite expression.
From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)
As the speed of the blows increases, further qualitative differences arise; the musical tone rises in pitch until it becomes too acute for the ear to cognize, and thus vanishes from consciousness.
From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John
We can only cognize the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
The things we do not see or cognize with the physical senses are called mental, or spiritual.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
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