Definitions

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  • adjective Knowing; having knowledge.

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  • adjective Having knowledge.

Etymologies

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Latin scius. Compare conscious, science.

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Examples

  • On the whole, it was most probable that the silent Englishman, being less bold or less murderous than his companion, had assisted the woman to bear the uncon - scious man out of the way of danger.

    Sole Music 2010

  • It was like now as though I could not hold to being con - scious all that long, because I was like asleep again almost right away, very skorry, but in a minoota or two I was sure that this nurse ptitsa had come back and had brought chello - vecks in white coats with her and they were viddying me very frowning and going hm hm hm at Your Humble Narrator.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • He was used to feedback circuits bringing the results of diagnostics immediately to his con - scious attention.

    The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students) 2010

  • Flint flung the paralyzed but still con - scious mountain dwarf over his shoulder and retreated, moving backward to keep his face toward the beast.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • The resentment she felt for Eloise didn't even feature on the same scale, she thought, closing her eyes, con scious that she felt slightly sick.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • It was because he was afraid that Walker, locked inside his body while uncon - scious and stricken, in need of help that he could communicate in no other way, would call to him again.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • The weight turned out to be Furl Hawken, who was still uncon - scious, his bulk sprawled across her torso.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • The resentment she felt for Eloise didn't even feature on the same scale, she thought, closing her eyes, con scious that she felt slightly sick.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • Rachel wipeS at her mouth, suddenly con - scious of the blooct: in her mouth, her hair, over her body, spattered on corridor walls and ceiling, dimming the glowstrips, more blood than she had ever imagined could be.

    The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • Wren bound Faun to her back, mounted Spirit, and pulled a semicon - scious Triss up in front of her where she could hold him in place.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

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