cognizable

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He said there would be no "cognisable harm or grave injustice" if a trial went ahead.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

That significant something by which the work of such a man differs from that of his predecessors, goes on disengaging itself and becoming more and more articulate and cognisable.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Matter is spirit, being spiritual substance, projected by force of the divine Will into conditions and limitations, and made exteriorly cognisable.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward

Yes—and Mr. Kenyon and I agreed the other day that there was something of the tigress-nature very distinctly cognisable under what he is pleased to call my 'Ba-lambishness.'

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

In the moral world, also, there are large phenomena not cognisable out of holes and corners.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis