Antonyms for cognize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kog-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒg naɪz


Definition of cognize

Origin :
  • 1650s, back-formation from cognizance. Related: Cognized; cognizing.
  • As in know : verb understand information
  • As in comprehend : verb understand
  • As in fathom : verb discern, understand
  • As in grasp : verb understand
Example sentences :
  • To think an object and to cognize an object are by no means the same thing.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • Thus we cognize only the necessity of effects in nature, the causes of which are given us.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • Still, you could not cognize in concreto the object of your ideas in any experience.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • By attribute, I understand that by which I cognize any mode of existence.
  • Extract from : « A Few Words About the Devil » by Charles Bradlaugh
  • To know or cognize is, to know the Cause; when we know the Cause, we are satisfied with our cognition.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • Cognition from principles, then, is that cognition in which I cognize the particular in the general by means of conceptions.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • What we cognize in matter is nothing but relations (what we call its internal determinations are but comparatively internal).
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.
  • Extract from : « Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation » by Jesse H. Jones
  • Yet we cognize him, but this is by an immediate intuition, in which we know him as he is in himself.
  • Extract from : « Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation » by Jesse H. Jones
  • When we cognize an object we do it by referring that object to the class of objects which in one or more respects it resembles.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899 » by Various

Synonyms for cognize

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