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Cog"i*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. LL. cogitativus.] 1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. "Cogitative faculties." Wollaston.

2. Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton.

Cog"man (?), n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.

Co"gnac` (?), n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Cog"nate (?), a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Cog"nate, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.

2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Cog"nate*ness, n. The state of being cognate.

||Cog*na"ti (?), n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.

Cog*na"tion (?), n. [L. cognatio.] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

2. Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne.

A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.

3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.

||Cog*na"tus (?), n. [L., a kinsman.] (Law) A person connected through cognation.

{ Cog`ni*sor" (? or ?), Cog`ni*see (?), } n. See Cognizor, Cognizee.

Cog*ni"tion (?), n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.] 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

2. That which is known.

Cog"ni*tive (?), a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. South.

Cog"ni*za*ble (? or &?;), a. [F. connaissable, fr. connaţtre to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition.] 1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

Cog"ni*za*bly, adv. In a cognizable manner.

Cog"ni*zance (? or ?; 277), n. [OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur.] 1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd

2. Recollection; recognition.