cognize

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Through the practical techniques of yoga, man leaves behind forever the barren realms of speculation and cognizes in experience the veritable Essence.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

II.—The general Intellectual Faculty cognizes the moral verities, which it contains within itself and brings rather than finds.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

The Atheist affirms that he cognizes to-day effects, that these are at the same time causes and effects—causes to the effects they precede, effects to the causes they follow.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

Soul is the only real consciousness which cognizes being.

From Rudimental Divine Science by Eddy, Mary Baker

Intellect is in fact both the beginning and the end: it cognizes both the first grounds of demonstration and the last applications of the results of demonstration.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander