cognize

cog·nize

verb \käg-ˈnīz, ˈkäg-ˌ\

cog·nizedcog·niz·ing

Definition of COGNIZE

transitive verb

: know, understand

— cog·niz·er noun

Examples of COGNIZE

1. <the philosopher's claim that we can never cognize—in a fundamental sense—anything>

Origin of COGNIZE

back-formation from cognizance

First Known Use: circa 1837

Related to COGNIZE

Synonyms: appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), comprehend, compass, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand

Antonyms: miss

Related Words: absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierce

Near Antonyms: misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand

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Rhymes with COGNIZE

abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise