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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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.
Everywhere that things exist, they may be paralleled by Intelligences that cognize them.
From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.
The former alone can we cognize a priori, that is, antecedent to all actual perception; and for this reason such cognition is called pure intuition.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
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
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
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