cognoscitive

American  

[kog-nos-i-tiv] / kɒgˈnɒs ɪ tɪv /

adjective

1. having the ability to know or discover.

   cognoscitive powers.

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Other Word Forms

• cognoscitively adverb

Etymology

Origin of cognoscitive

1630–40; < Latin cognōsc ( ere ) to know, come to know + -itive

Example Sentences

But sofas and ottomans, and chairs and footstools, and screens—and above all, beds—all are fixtures in the dwelling of a wise man, cognoscitive and sensitive of the blessings of this life.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

And therefore the act of knowledge is terminated in the intellect; and for this reason the cognoscitive virtues are in the intellect itself, or the reason.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Just as the contemplative life pertains to the cognoscitive powers, so does the active life pertain to the appetitive powers.

From On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Pope, Hugh

Lastly, all special kinds of acts belong either to the appetitive or to the cognoscitive faculties.

From On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Pope, Hugh

This power is cognoscitive and non-cognoscitive, moral and indifferent to morality, agreeable and yet detached from the pleasure of the senses.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto