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cognoscent, a. rare.|kɒgˈnɒsənt|
[ad. L. cognōscent-em, pr. pple. of cognōscĕre to know.]
1. Knowing; cognitive.
1649Bulwer Pathomyot. i. §6. 28 The Muscles..are not endued with any Cognoscent powers. 1825New Monthly Mag. XIII. 142 A cognoscent air of legal gravity.
2. Cognizant; acquainted.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 687 If I were not before cognoscent of its existence. 1847Tait's Mag. XIV. 574 The subject is not one with which we are personally cognoscent. |