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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Yet we cognize him, but this is by an immediate intuition, in which we know him as he is in himself.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
The Absolute includes the idea of necessity, which the mind cannot cognize.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The five physical senses do not cognize it.
From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker
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
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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