cognize

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And yet it may be that running parallel with those existences, substances and relations unknown to man, there exist intelligences that cognize such existences and relations.

From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.

The assize had no more to cognize upon, but his own confession, yet brought him in guilty.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

It is not merely through my thinking that I cognize an object, but only through my determining a given intuition in relation to the unity of consciousness in which all thinking consists.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

The things we do not see or cognize with the physical senses are called mental, or spiritual.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis