cognize

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The assize had no more to cognize upon, but his own confession, yet brought him in guilty.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

Everywhere that things exist, they may be paralleled by Intelligences that cognize them.

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

The things we do not see or cognize with the physical senses are called mental, or spiritual.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

Yet we cognize him, but this is by an immediate intuition, in which we know him as he is in himself.

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

The former alone can we cognize a priori, that is, antecedent to all actual perception; and for this reason such cognition is called pure intuition.

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