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cognosced

cognosced is the simple past and past participle of cognosce.

Meaning of cognosce

Verb

cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscing, simple past and past participle cognosced)

  1. (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
    • […] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]1869, Hugh Barclay, I. S. H. Laidlaw, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13
  2. (Scotland) To examine; to give judgment.

Questions about cognosced

What is cognosced the simple past and past participle of?
Cognosced is the simple past and past participle of cognosce.

Words near cognosced in the dictionary

  1. cognominating
  2. cognomination
  3. cognominations
  4. Cognos
  5. cognosce
  6. cognosced
  7. cognoscence
  8. cognoscent
  9. cognoscente
  10. cognoscenti
  11. cognosces

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