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cognosces

cognosces is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cognosces

What is cognosces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cognosces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cognosce.

Words near cognosces in the dictionary

  1. cognosced
  2. cognoscence
  3. cognoscent
  4. cognoscente
  5. cognoscenti
  6. cognosces
  7. cognoscibility
  8. cognoscible
  9. cognoscing
  10. cognoscitive
  11. cognoscitively

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