Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cognize
Participle: cognized
Gerund: cognizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cognize |
| you | cognize |
| he;she;it | cognizes |
| we | cognize |
| you | cognize |
| they | cognize |
Perfect
| I | have cognized |
| you | have cognized |
| he;she;it | has cognized |
| we | have cognized |
| you | have cognized |
| they | have cognized |
Past
| I | cognized |
| you | cognized |
| he;she;it | cognized |
| we | cognized |
| you | cognized |
| they | cognized |
Pluperfect
| I | had cognized |
| you | had cognized |
| he;she;it | had cognized |
| we | had cognized |
| you | had cognized |
| they | had cognized |
Future
| I | will cognize |
| you | will cognize |
| he;she;it | will cognize |
| we | will cognize |
| you | will cognize |
| they | will cognize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cognized |
| you | will have cognized |
| he;she;it | will have cognized |
| we | will have cognized |
| you | will have cognized |
| they | will have cognized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cognize |
| you | cognize |
| he;she;it | cognize |
| we | cognize |
| you | cognize |
| they | cognize |
Perfect
| I | have cognized |
| you | have cognized |
| he;she;it | have cognized |
| we | have cognized |
| you | have cognized |
| they | have cognized |
Imperfect
| I | cognized |
| you | cognized |
| he;she;it | cognized |
| we | cognized |
| you | cognized |
| they | cognized |
Pluperfect
| I | had cognized |
| you | had cognized |
| he;she;it | had cognized |
| we | had cognized |
| you | had cognized |
| they | had cognized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cognize |
| you | would cognize |
| he;she;it | would cognize |
| we | would cognize |
| you | would cognize |
| they | would cognize |
Perfect
| I | would have cognized |
| you | would have cognized |
| he;she;it | would have cognized |
| we | would have cognized |
| you | would have cognized |
| they | would have cognized |
Imperative
| you | cognize |
| we | Let's cognize |
| you | cognize |
Verbs conjugated like 'cognize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cognize'
cognise,
agnize,
coalize,
coitize,
colonize,
connive,
cornice,
counite,
cyanize,
iconize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- understand
- comprehend, fathom, perceive, discern, know, appreciate, apprehend, recognize
Antonyms
- understand
- misunderstand, mistake, misapprehend, misinterpret
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from cognizance.
Sample Sentences
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[T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man. [1934, George Henry Weiss, The Mentanicals:]
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Cognizing about mind is a ubiquitous human activity; we consistently construe each other as agents undertaking intentional action based on our underlying beliefs and desires (and not as "bags of skin stuffed into pieces of cloth") [2011, Usha Goswami, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development:]
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“Thinking a lot” also involves other types of cognizing as well, such as cognizing about depressive themes such as being left by a wife for another man or being separated from relatives. [2015, Devon E. Hinton, Byron J. Good, Culture and PTSD: Trauma in Global and Historical Perspective:]
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The act of consciously knowing about consciousness is the act of the brain mirroring its own organizations, cognizing about its own cognizing. [2016, Robbie Davis-Floyd, P. Sven Arvidson, Intuition: The Inside Story: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, page 28:]