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cognoscible, a.|kɒgˈnɒsɪb(ə)l| [f. L. type *cognōscibil-is knowable, f. cognōsc-ĕre: see -ble.] 1. Capable of being known; knowable, ascertainable; recognizable.
1648H. G. tr. Balzac's Prince 176 There remaines nothing..cognoscible in Germany, but the Sea and the Mountaines. a1691T. Barlow Rem. (1693) 546 God is naturally cognoscible. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. iii. 388 Definite, cognoscible circumstances. 1825Bentham Ration. Reward 220 A determinate system of cognoscible laws. b. as n. That which can be known.
1683Tryon Way to Health 117 The Cognoscible, and the knowledge thereof. 1845O. A. Brownson Wks. VI. 5 Spiritual cognoscibles, or the immaterial realities capable of being known. †2. Law. = cognizable 2. Obs.
a1644Laud Diary, etc. I. 333 (T.) In the high-commission we medled with no cause not cognoscible there. 1706Act 6 Anne c. 11 Art. xix, No causes in Scotland [shall] be cognoscible by the courts..in Westminster Hall. 1736Carte Ormonde II. 210 Rules of plantation being only cognoscible at the Council-board. |