cognize

American

[kog-nahyz] / ˈkɒg naɪz /

especially British, cognise

verb (used with object)

cognized, cognizing

to perceive; become conscious of; know.

cognize British

/ kɒɡˈnaɪz, ˈkɒɡnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to perceive, become aware of, or know

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Other Word Forms

cognizer noun
precognize verb (used with object)
uncognized adjective

Etymology

Origin of cognize

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from cognizance

Example Sentences

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We cannot think any object except by means of the categories; we cannot cognize any thought except by means of intuitions corresponding to these conceptions.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Being is God, infinite Spirit; therefore it cannot cognize aught material, or outside of infinity.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

The things we do not see or cognize with the physical senses are called mental, or spiritual.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

By some instinct, it is able to cognize a dying apple.

From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

Take away matter, and mortal mind could not cognize its own so-called substance, and this so-called mind would have no identity.

From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker

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