cognize

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By attribute, I understand that by which I cognize any mode of existence.

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

It has schemes, forms, and objects proportionate to its wider field, which our mental fields are far too narrow to cognize.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

We cannot conceive of any higher creation, because we cannot add an attribute to those we already possess, any more than we can conceive of an additional sense by which to cognize such new attribute.

From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)

And yet it may be that running parallel with those existences, substances and relations unknown to man, there exist intelligences that cognize such existences and relations.

From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.

By spiritual advancement, one is able to cognize the breath as an act of mind-a dream-breath.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa