cognize

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It is not merely through my thinking that I cognize an object, but only through my determining a given intuition in relation to the unity of consciousness in which all thinking consists.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

As the speed of the blows increases, further qualitative differences arise; the musical tone rises in pitch until it becomes too acute for the ear to cognize, and thus vanishes from consciousness.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John

But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

An evil material mind, so-called, can conceive of God only as like itself, and knowing both evil and good; but a purely good and spiritual consciousness has no sense whereby to cognize evil.

From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker

By some instinct, it is able to cognize a dying apple.

From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)