Meanings
adjectivecognoscible (not comparable)
- not comparableCapable of being known.
matters intelligible and cognoscible
a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC - not comparableLiable to judicial investigation.
For no good or wise person can believe that God hath tied our salvation to impossible measures , or bound us to an article that is not by us cognoscible
a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, A Letter written to a Gentlewoman seduced to the Church of Rome
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being known
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APA
cognoscible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognoscible
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“cognoscible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognoscible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cognoscible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognoscible.
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