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Cognize

//ˈkɑɡˌnaɪz// verb

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

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

  2. 2
    be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about wordnet
  3. 3
    To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.

    "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")"

Etymology

Back-formation from cognizance.

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