cognize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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We cannot conceive of any higher creation, because we cannot add an attribute to those we already possess, any more than we can conceive of an additional sense by which to cognize such new attribute.
From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)
As if conception could possibly occur except for a teleological purpose, except to show us the way from a state of things our senses cognize to another state of things our will desires!
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
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
But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
It has schemes, forms, and objects proportionate to its wider field, which our mental fields are far too narrow to cognize.
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William
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