cognosce

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English

Etymology

From Latin cognosco.

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Verb

cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscing, simple past and past participle cognosced)

  1. (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
    • 1869, Hugh Barclay, I. S. H. Laidlaw, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13:
      […] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]
  2. (law, Scotland) To examine; to give judgment.

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

cognosce

  1. (obsolete) third-person singular present indicative of cognoscere

Latin

Verb

cognōsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cognōscō

Scots

Etymology

From Latin cognosco.

Verb

cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscin, simple past cognoscit, past participle cognoscit)

  1. (transitive) to inquire or investigate, with an aim towards rendering judgement
  2. (law, transitive) to make a determination
  3. (law, transitive) to determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent
  4. (transitive) to survey lands
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