Cognize

/ˈkɑɡˌnaɪz/ · verb

Meaning

To know, perceive, or become aware of..

Definitions by Sense

1. To know, perceive, or become aware of.
2. 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.

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")

“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.

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

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• cognizes
• cognizing
• cognized
• cognise

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