cognito
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A small man arrived cognito in Rome recently.
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Hoc cognito, senior jam confidentius priori se jussit sede locari.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Omnis cognitio est a potentia et objecto, sive a cognoscente et cognito.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
She thought she had been in most everything there was goin, but she'd never seen a cognito, which must be some Western contrivance or other.
From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane
Hence cognito ergo sum, which well-nigh all men really understand as cogito, ergo sum Deus.
From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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