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cognoscitive

cognoscitive adjective: having the power of knowing.

Adjective

cognoscitive (not comparable)

  1. having the power of knowing
    • And therefore the act of knowledge is terminated in the intellect; and for this reason the cognoscitive virtues are in the intellect itself, or the reason.1915, Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Habits

Origin of cognoscitive

From Latin cognōscō (“to know”) + -itive.

Words formed from cognoscitive

Questions about cognoscitive

What does cognoscitive mean?
Cognoscitive means having the power of knowing.
What part of speech is cognoscitive?
Cognoscitive is an adjective.

Words near cognoscitive in the dictionary

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

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