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cognize

[kog-nahyz]
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verb (used with object), cog·nized, cog·niz·ing.
  1. to perceive; become conscious of; know.
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Also especially British, cog·nise.

Origin of cognize

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
Related formscog·niz·er, nounpre·cog·nize, verb (used with object), pre·cog·nized, pre·cog·niz·ing.un·cog·nized, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • Thus we cognize only the necessity of effects in nature, the causes of which are given us.

    The Critique of Pure Reason

    Immanuel Kant

  • Still, you could not cognize in concreto the object of your ideas in any experience.

  • To think an object and to cognize an object are by no means the same thing.

  • By attribute, I understand that by which I cognize any mode of existence.

  • To know or cognize is, to know the Cause; when we know the Cause, we are satisfied with our cognition.

    Aristotle

    George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for cognize

cognize

cognise

verb
  1. (tr) to perceive, become aware of, or know
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Word Origin and History for cognize

v.

1650s, back-formation from cognizance. Related: Cognized; cognizing.

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