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English
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Verb
dignosce (third-person singular simple present dignosces, present participle dignoscing, simple past and past participle dignosced)
- (obsolete, Scotland) to discern
1638, Henry Adamson, The Muses' Threnodie:[…]
And make Christ's people by peculiar choice
Dignosce the shepherds from the hyrelings voice.
1652, Sir Thomas Urquart, The Epistle Liminary:For truth being in indivisibili, as is the essence of what ever is, who is most versed in the nature and properties of a thing is alwayes best able to dignosce of its value.
1676, William Row, Supplement to the History of Mr Blair's Life:Meanwhile there is a committeee appointed to dignosce upon the supplication and how field conventicles shall be suppressed
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dīgnōsce
- second-person singular present active imperative of dīgnōscō