cognize

American

[kog-nahyz] / ˈkɒg naɪz /

especially British, cognise

verb (used with object)

cognized, cognizing

to perceive; become conscious of; know.

cognize British

/ kɒɡˈnaɪz, ˈkɒɡnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to perceive, become aware of, or know

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Other Word Forms

cognizer noun
precognize verb (used with object)
uncognized adjective

Etymology

Origin of cognize

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance

Example Sentences

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By spiritual advancement, one is able to cognize the breath as an act of mind-a dream-breath.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

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

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Take away matter, and mortal mind could not cognize its own so-called substance, and this so-called mind would have no identity.

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

And yet it may be that running parallel with those existences, substances and relations unknown to man, there exist intelligences that cognize such existences and relations.

From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.

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