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aware, cognizant, conscious, sensible, alive, awake mean having knowledge of something.
aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.
cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.
conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.
sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.
awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.
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Middle English iwar, iwarre, going back to Old English gewær, going back to West Germanic *gawaro- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German giwar "cognizant"), from *ga-, perfective, associative and collective prefix + Germanic *waro- "cognizant, watchful" — more at com-, ware entry 1
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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“Aware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aware. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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