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cognizance

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24
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29
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10
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/ (UK)
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/ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/ (UK) · /ˈkɑɡnɪzəns/ (US) · /ˈkɔɡnɪzəns/ · /ˈkɒnɪzəns/ (UK)

Definition of cognizance

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Notice or awareness.
    “Poor Lady Rotheles was really so imprudent on the late occasion of her niece's elopement as to go into a passion, and to utter such a tirade against her, her lord was roused from his habitual, but not natural listlessness, and became, in consequence, master of sentiments and secrets hitherto most commendably concealed from his cognizance.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Jurisdiction.

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Etymology

From Middle English conysaunce, from Old French conysance (“recognition," later, "knowledge”), from Old French conoissance (“acquaintance, recognition; knowledge, wisdom”), from conoistre (“to know”), from Latin cognōscō (“know”), from con- (“with”) + gnōscō (“know”). By surface analysis, cogniz(e) (a back-formation) + -ance.

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