cognito
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A small man arrived cognito in Rome recently.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alii mirantur in saxis passim species videri quas vel in orbe cognito, vel saltem in vicinis locis frustra quaeras.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Omnis cognitio est a potentia et objecto, sive a cognoscente et cognito.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
But if he insists on your helping to keep up his cognito there's something in the wind.
From A Start in Life by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
The veracity of the following passage of Tacitus is therefore fully confirmed:—'Deligitque locum artis faucibus, et a tergo sylva clausum; satis cognito, nihil hostium, nisi in fronte, et apertam planitiem esse, sine metu insidiarum.'
From Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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