cognize

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The external and the internal ear, like the ear-trumpet, are purely material, and by means of them we are able to cognize those material emanations called sound.

From Beyond by Hubbard, Henry Seward

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

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

Substances are distinct from one another when we can clearly and distinctly cognize one without the other.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

By attribute, I understand that by which I cognize any mode of existence.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

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