Cognosce
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent. transitive
"[…] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]"
- 2 To examine; to give judgment. Scotland
Example
More examples"[…] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]"
Etymology
From Latin cognosco.
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