cognize
[kog-nahyz]
verb (used with object), cog·nized, cog·niz·ing.
to perceive; become conscious of; know.
Also especially British, cog·nise.
Origin of cognize
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
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Related Words for cognize
notice, recognize, appreciate, perceive, experience, see, have, learn, realize, envision, assimilate, fathom, grasp, discern, pinpoint, plumb, comprehend, unravel, penetrate, divineExamples from the Web for cognize
Historical Examples of cognize
To think an object and to cognize an object are by no means the same thing.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
Thus we cognize only the necessity of effects in nature, the causes of which are given us.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
Still, you could not cognize in concreto the object of your ideas in any experience.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
By attribute, I understand that by which I cognize any mode of existence.
A Few Words About the DevilCharles Bradlaugh
To know or cognize is, to know the Cause; when we know the Cause, we are satisfied with our cognition.
AristotleGeorge Grote
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