Recognitory

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.; Pertaining to recognizing (matching a current perception with a memory). not-comparable

    "A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.; Pertaining to recognizing (acknowledging the existence, status or validity of something). not-comparable

    "[…] there is not one decisive intimation, not one conclusive sentence in those authors, nor one decree in those councils, recognitory of the existence or explanatory of the duties of such a body."

Synonyms

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"A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous."

Etymology

From recognit(ion) + -ory.

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