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Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.

3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.] (d) 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. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.

4. 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.

Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott.

This pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak.

Cog"ni*zant (? or ?), a. [See Cognizance, and cf. Connusant.] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Cog"nize (?), v. t. [Cf. Cognizant, Recognize.] To know or perceive; to recognize.

The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. H. Spencer.

Cog`ni*zee" (? or ?), n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. Blackstone.

Cog`ni*zor (?), n. [See Cognizance.] (Law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.

Cog*no"men (?), n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

2. (Eng. Law) A surname.

Cog*nom"i*nal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

Cog*nom"i*nal, n. One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cog*nom`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. cognominatio.] A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Cog*nos"cence (?), n. [LL. cognoscentia. See Cognizance.] Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

||Cog`nos*cen"te (?), n.; pl. Cognoscenti (#). [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. Mason.

Cog*nos`ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being cognoscible. Cudworth.

Cog*nos"ci*ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being known. "Matters intelligible and cognoscible." Sir M. Hale.

2. Liable to judicial investigation. Jer. Taylor.

Cog*nos"ci*tive (?), a. Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] "An innate cognoscitive power." Cudworth.

||Cog*no"vit (?), n. [L., he has acknowledged.] (Law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.

Co*guard"i*an (?), n. A joint guardian.

Cogue (?), n. [Cf. Cog a small boat.] A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Cog"ware` (?), n. A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell.

Cog"wheel` (?), n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Co*hab"it (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See Habit, n. & v.] 1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South.