Cognize

Quick meaning: Cognize is a verb meaning To know, perceive, or become aware of.

Meaning

To know, perceive, or become aware of.

More Meanings

1. To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.

Example Sentences

[T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man.

The act of consciously knowing about consciousness is the act of the brain mirroring its own organizations, cognizing about its own cognizing.

“Thinking a lot” also involves other types of cognizing as well, such as cognizing about depressive themes such as being left by a wife for another man or being separated from relatives.

Cognizing about mind is a ubiquitous human activity; we consistently construe each other as agents undertaking intentional action based on our underlying beliefs and desires (and not as "bags of skin stuffed into pieces of cloth")

Word Forms

• cognizes
• cognizing
• cognized
• cognise

Synonyms for cognize

Depending on context, synonyms include know.

Antonyms for cognize

Common opposites include ignore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include know, cognise, apprehend, recognize, perceive, appreciate.

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