cognize

Alternative forms

• cognise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

Back-formation from cognizance.

Verb

cognize (third-person singular simple present cognizes, present participle cognizing, simple past and past participle cognized)

1. To know or be aware of.
   • 1934, George Henry Weiss, The Mentanicals:

     [T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man.

2. To select a pattern of information and assign it as an entity.