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  • English Word Cogitative Definition Given to thought or contemplation.
  • English Word Cogman Definition A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth.
  • English Word Cognac Definition A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
  • English Word Cognate Definition Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
  • English Word Cognate Definition Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.
  • English Word Cognate Definition One who is related to another on the female side.
  • English Word Cognate Definition One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
  • English Word Cognateness Definition The state of being cognate.
  • English Word Cognati Definition Relatives by the mother's side.
  • English Word Cognation Definition Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
  • English Word Cognation Definition Participation of the same nature.
  • English Word Cognation Definition That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
  • English Word Cognatus Definition A person connected through cognation.
  • English Word Cognisee Definition See Cognizor, Cognizee.
  • English Word Cognisor Definition Alt. of Cognisee
  • English Word Cognition Definition The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
  • English Word Cognition Definition That which is known.
  • English Word Cognitive Definition Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power.
  • English Word Cognizable Definition Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.
  • English Word Cognizable Definition Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.
  • English Word Cognizably Definition In a cognizable manner.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition Recollection; recognition.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition The hearing a matter judicially.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.
  • English Word Cognizance Definition The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.
  • English Word Cognizant Definition Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
  • English Word Cognize Definition To know or perceive; to recognize.