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cognoscible

/kɒɡˈnɒsɪbəl/

cognoscible adjective: capable of being known.

Adjective

cognoscible (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being known.
    • matters intelligible and cognosciblea. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
  2. Liable to judicial investigation.
    • For no good or wise person can believe that God hath tied our salvation to impossible measures , or bound us to an article that is not by us cognosciblea. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, A Letter written to a Gentlewoman seduced to the Church of Rome

Origin of cognoscible

From cognosce + -ible.

Words formed from cognoscible

Questions about cognoscible

What does cognoscible mean?
Cognoscible means capable of being known.
What part of speech is cognoscible?
Cognoscible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cognoscible?
Cognoscible is pronounced /kɒɡˈnɒsɪbəl/.

Words near cognoscible in the dictionary

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

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