Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Scots law, to inquire into or investigate, often in order to giving judgment in a cause.
- To adjudicate; pronounce judgment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
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Examples
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Et dixit ad Abram, Cognoscendo cognosce quod peregrinum erit semen tuum in terra non sua: et servient eis, affligentque eos per quadringentos annos.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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* Tolle malos, extolle pios, cognosce teipsum:: [2752] 1
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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But others are practical, that make a further reference of all things they cognosce upon, to some practice and operation.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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* O homo cognosce in praeceptione quid debeas habere; in corruptione cognosce tuo te vitio non habere; in oratione cognosce unde accipias quod vis habere.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Volebat Virgo Sanctissima Filio suo, quem esse Deum, et Summtm Bonum clarissime cognosce - bat y omne bonum nedum intrinsecum, qua; in aceiba iliius Passione pcrpessa est • Unde ut amoris magnitudinem non possumus satis cognoscere) ita vim tormentorum exprioiere non valcnous.
Tractatus theologicus de charitate, in quo expenditur systema J.V. Bolgenj de amore Dei. Accedit ... Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni 1792
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