cognoscible

[ kog-nos-uh-buh l ]

/ kɒgˈnɒs ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being known.

RELATED WORDS

comprehensible, corporeal, discernible, intelligible, knowing, observant, palpable, patent, perceptible, perspicacious, sensible, sensitive, tangible, translucent, trenchant, cognitive, cognizable, percipient, recognizable

Nearby words

cognizance, cognizant, cognize, cognomen, cognoscenti, cognoscible, cognoscitive, cognovit, cogon, cogswell chair, cogwheel

Origin of cognoscible

1635–45; < Late Latin cognōscibilis, equivalent to cognōscere (see cognizance) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms

cog·nos·ci·bil·i·ty, nounun·cog·nos·ci·bil·i·ty, nounun·cog·nos·ci·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cognoscible

If the features were but cognoscible, no matter whether the flesh resembled flesh, or oilskin.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb|Charles Lamb
The Cognoscible is correlative, not with actual cognition (ἐπιστήμη) but with potential Cognition, or with a potential Cognoscens.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote