"cognosce" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cognosces [present, singular, third-person], cognoscing [participle, present], cognosced [participle, past], cognosced [past]
Etymology: From Latin cognosco. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cognosco}} Latin cognosco Head templates: {{en-verb}} cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscing, simple past and past participle cognosced)
  1. (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cognosce-en-verb-PPEOA1mK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (law, Scotland) To examine; to give judgment. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cognosce-en-verb-7NlfqzGv Categories (other): Scottish English Topics: law

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cognosce meaning in English (1.9kB)

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