单词 | cogitable |
释义 | cogitableadj.n. A. adj. That can be thought or conceived; thinkable, conceivable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > capable of being perceived presenta1393 conceivablec1443 perceptible1567 discoverable1572 conceptible1641 entertainable1658 cogitablea1688 perceptive1740 thinkable1764 a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. iv. 249 A Time when there was no Intelligible Nature of a Triangle, nor any such Thing Cogitable at all. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 179 Convincing the mind, that a Doctrine is cogitable, that the soul can present the Idea to itself. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 468 Something not perceivable by sense, but only cogitable or conceivable by reason. B. n. Anything thinkable or conceivable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > object of perception ideatea1629 conceivable1659 conceptiblea1676 cogitable1678 ideatumc1708 percepta1856 cognitum1875 perceptum1887 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun] > a possible thing or circumstance possibilityc1460 perhapsa1535 potential1587 potentiality1587 maybe1598 contingencya1626 contingent1655 conceivable1659 possiblea1674 conceptiblea1676 cogitable1678 chance1778 it's an idea1841 may1849 might1850 thought1857 possibly1881 shot1923 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 857 Yet are not these Sensibles..the only Things and Cogitables. 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 79 Cogitables, or Things that have being only in the Faculties that apprehend them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1678 |
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