cognize

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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

Thus we cognize only the necessity of effects in nature, the causes of which are given us.

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

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

Being is God, infinite Spirit; therefore it cannot cognize aught material, or outside of infinity.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

The philosophic endeavour to cognize the whole system of things by referring all events to their causes appears to him to be from the outset doomed to failure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various