cognize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cognize
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance
Example Sentences
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The things we do not see or cognize with the physical senses are called mental, or spiritual.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
Substances are distinct from one another when we can clearly and distinctly cognize one without the other.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
By quality, that by which I cognize any mode of existence.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
Now, an idea is clear when we cognize its object not as an individual thing, but in its connection, as a link in the causal chain, as necessary, and as a mode of God.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
An evil material mind, so-called, can conceive of God only as like itself, and knowing both evil and good; but a purely good and spiritual consciousness has no sense whereby to cognize evil.
From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker
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