cognize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Origin of cognize
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
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The five physical senses do not cognize it.
From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker
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
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 assize had no more to cognize upon, but his own confession, yet brought him in guilty.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
Consequently he never had occasion to inquire whether anything whatsoever was possible which his senses or the senses of other witnesses seemed to cognize.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
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