Conscient

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    conscious; aware obsolete

    "As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage."

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"As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consciens, conscientis, present participle.

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