cognosce
English
Etymology
From Latin cognosco
Verb
cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscing, simple past and past participle cognosced)
- (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 […]
- 1869, Hugh Barclay, I. S. H. Laidlaw, The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 13:
- (law, Scotland) To examine; to give judgment.
Italian
Verb
cognosce
- (obsolete) third-person singular present indicative of cognoscere
Latin
Verb
cognōsce
- second-person singular present active imperative of cognōscō
Scots
Etymology
From Latin cognosco
Verb
cognosce (third-person singular present cognosces, present participle cognoscin, past cognoscit, past participle cognoscit)
- (transitive) to inquire or investigate, with an aim towards rendering judgement
- (law, transitive) to make a determination
- (law, transitive) to determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent
- (transitive) to survey lands