cognizable ( g silent)

[O. Fr. cog no is able; Fr. conn a is sable; from O. Fr. cognoistre; Fr. connaitre; Lat. cognosco to know.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Capable of being known or apprehended with the understanding; perceptible; recognizable. "No cognizable vestiges, no more Than of this breath, which frames itself in words." Words worth: Excursion , bk. vii. 2. Law : Coming within the cognizance of the law; fit to be a subject of judicial investigation. "Some a mixemara merely of ecclesiastical cognizance; others of tical and se vular courts."- Auliffe: Parergon. bl(e); In a cognizable manner; perceptibly. cogn-i-zançe, †con-u-sănçe, *cogn-i-saunçe ( Eng .), cog-no-scance ( Scotch ) (g silent), s. [O. Fr. cognizance; Fr. con nai ance, from Low Lat. cognoscenti a, from cognosco to know.] cogn-i-za-blý (gsilent), adv. [Eng. cogniza A. Ordinary Language: I. Literally : *1. Knowledge or apprehension with the understanding. ". the acquisition of a distinct and precise cog nizance of the characters of the adults of the orang and chimpanzee." Owen: Cla if. of the Mammal i a (ed. 1859), p. 68. IMG:content-0114.png:[blocks in formation] and drinking of the same cup, are united in the same Pearson: Exposition of the Creed, art. ix. cognizance, and so known to be the same church."-Bp. con nai ant, from O. Fr. cognoistre ; Fr. connaitre ; cogn'-I-zant (g silent), a . [O. Fr. cognizant ; Fr. Lat. cognosco to know.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having cognizance or knowledge of; knowing, apprehending. " which the English chiefs are marshaled, "Cognizant of its history, aware of the principles by Brougham: Statesmen of George III. (Sir S. Romilly .) 2. Law : Competent to take judicial notice of any act or cause, upon which a judge is bound to act without having it proved in evidence, such as the old history of the country, the procedure of Congre , or the Legislature of a State, the existence of peace or war, . But he is not bound to take cognizance of even the most notorious current events, or of the laws of foreign countries. cogn'-īze, v . t . [Lat. cognosco = to know.] To have knowledge or perception of; to take notice of. "As the reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it-as until they are cognized by it they are to it non-existent-it follows that in being cognized, that is, in becoming beliefs, they begin to exist relatively to our reason." -Herbert Spencer: Principles of Psychology , p. 15.