Part 2084

<hw>Cog*nos"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being known.</def> "Matters intelligible and <i>cognoscible</i>."

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Liable to judicial investigation.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Cognoscitive</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog*nos"ci*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the power of knowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "An innate <i>cognoscitive</i> power."

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Cognovit</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog*no"vit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., he has acknowledged.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An instrument in writting whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Coguardian</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*guard"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A joint guardian.</def>

<h1>Cogue</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cog</er> a small boat.]</ety> <def>A small wooden vessel; a pail.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Cogware</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Cogwheel</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cog"wheel`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Gearing</er>.</def>

<h1>Cohabit</h1> <Xpage=273>

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

<blockquote>The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to <b>cohabit</b> with that holy thing. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dwell or live together as husband and wife.</def>

<blockquote>The law presumes that husband and wife <b>cohabit</b> together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. <i>Bouvier.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman <i>cohabit</i> permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship.</note>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Cohabitant</h1> <Xpage=273>