cognoscitive

[ kog-nos-i-tiv ]

adjective

1. having the ability to know or discover:

   cognoscitive powers.

Other Words From

• cog·nosci·tive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cognoscitive¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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.

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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.

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

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