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▪ I. † ˈcognizant, -isant, n. Obs.
Also 4 conisante, 6 conysantte, cognoisant.
[app. n. use of OF. conoisant, conis(s)ant pr. pple. of conoistre to know, recognize (see above); but the pl. may have originated in a perversion of cognizance: cf. accidents, accidence.]
= cognizance 5.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 185 Knyghtes in her conisantes clad for þe nones. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (1852) 36 With their conysanttes poyntyd and gylte. 1570Levins Manip. 25/26 A cognizant, insigne, signum.
¶ Here = cognizance 2.
1634Raynold's Byrth Mankynde Prol. 3 Except yee first haue true and iust cognoisant in the first Booke.
▪ II. cognizant, -isant, a.|ˈkɒgnɪzənt, ˈkɒnɪ-|
Also conusant.
[app. of modern introduction: not in Dictionaries of 18th c.; not in Todd's Johnson 1818, nor in Webster 1828; in Craig 1847. Thus, prob. formed anew, directly from cognizance, cognize; but it corresponds in form to OF. conisant, conusant pr. pple. Cf. cognoscent.]
1. Having cognizance or knowledge (see cognizance 2); aware (of).
1820Southey Ode on Portrait of Bp. Heber, If the Saints in bliss Be cognizant of aught that passeth here. 1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) I. xxv. 499 The party shall be presumed conusant of the law..his ignorance shall not exempt him. 1879Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §82 The following circumstance, of which the writer is personally cognizant.
b. Philos. That knows or cognizes.
1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iii. §27 Gassendi..gives as the best, a definition of truth little differing from Herbert's, the agreement of the cognisant intellect with the thing known. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 54 If this cognition were that which apprehends objects, the soul would be cognizant.
2. Law. Having cognizance or jurisdiction (see cognizance 3); competent to deal judicially with a cause, crime, etc.
1847in Craig. |